Characterizing human-macaque interactions in Singapore

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 879-883

  Fuentes, Agustín ^a   Kalchik, Stephanie ^a   Gettler, Lee ^b   Kwiatt, Anne ^c   Konecki, Mckenna ^d   Jones Engel, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human primate interactions; Macaca fascicularis; Singapore; Zoonotic pathogen transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FEEDING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMINID;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; SINGAPORE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SINGAPORE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 53049089745     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20575     Document Type: Article

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