Socioecology, predation, and cognition in a community of west african monkeys

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 254-266

  Mcgraw, W Scott ^a   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cercopithecids; Colobus, diet; Ta

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 59349113556     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20179     Document Type: Article

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