Intergroup relations and home range use in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 956-965

  Benadi, Gita ^a   Fichtel, Claudia ^b   Rappeler, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group cohesion; Home range; Intergroup encounter; Propithecus verreauxi; Scent marking; Sleeping site

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREPSIRHINI; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI;

EID: 53549093866     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20588     Document Type: Article

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