Dominance relationships among one-male units in a provisioned free-ranging band of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 634-641

  Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Watanabe, Kunio ^b   Li, Baoguo ^a   Qi, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance relationships; Multi level society; One male unit; Sichuan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

OMUS; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 52449115356     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20537     Document Type: Article

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