Despotic wild patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Kala Maloue, Cameroon

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-246

  Nakagawa, Naofumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Cercopithecus aethiops; Dominance; Erythrocebus patas; Socio ecology

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODEL VALIDATION; PATCH SIZE; PRIMATE; SAVANNA; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; KALA MALOUE NATIONAL PARK; NORD PROVINCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ERYTHROCEBUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 52449100372     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20481     Document Type: Article

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