Do deposed adult male Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus roxellana roam as solitary bachelors or continue to interact with former band members?

Current Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-237

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Li, Baoguo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All male groups; Behavioral strategy; Deposed males; One male groups

Indexed keywords

PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 65549147325     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.3.235     Document Type: Article

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