Adult Play Fighting and Potential Role of Tail Signals in Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult play fighting; Lemur catta; strepsirrhines; tail play; visual signals

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TAIL;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GROOMING; LEMUR; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIL;

EID: 60849092891     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.123.1.1     Document Type: Article

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