Social relationships among male Alouatta pigra

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1481-1498

  Van Belle, Sarie ^a   Estrada, Alejandro ^b   Strier, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Cooperation; Howler monkey; Male social behavior; Male takeover

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 57649173587     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9309-y     Document Type: Article

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