Selection of river crossing location and sleeping site by proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) in Sabah, Malaysia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1097-1101

  Matsuda, Ikki ^a   Tuuga, Augustine ^b   Akiyama, Yoshihiro ^c   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Predation threat; Proboscis monkey; River crossing; Sleeping site

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; RIVER; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; KINABATANGAN RIVER; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS POROSUS; FELIDAE; NASALIS LARVATUS; NEOFELIS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA PARDUS; TOMISTOMA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIVER; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; SLEEP;

EID: 55649118532     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20604     Document Type: Article

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