Effects of caller activity and habitat visibility on contact call rate of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1055-1063

  Koda, Hiroki ^a   Shimooka, Yukiko ^a   Sugiura, Hideki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Call rate; Caller activity; Contact calls; Habitat visibility; Japanese macaques

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 55649100156     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20597     Document Type: Article

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