Personality in Free-Ranging Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) Males: Subjective Ratings and Recorded Behavior

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-389

  Koneĉná, Martina ^a   Lhota, Stanislav ^a,b   Weiss, Alexander ^c,d   Urbánek, Tomáŝ ^e   Adamová, Tereza ^a   Pluháĉek, Jan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b eske jovice and Ústí nad Labem Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

behavioral indices; dominance; questionnaires; trait rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349120043     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012625     Document Type: Article

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