The Alarm Call System of Two Species of Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus polykomos and Colobus guereza)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-150

  Schel, Anne Marijke ^a,b,c   Tranquilli, Sandra ^d   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alarm calls; Colobus guereza; Colobus polykomos; predation; referential signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149128054     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014280     Document Type: Article

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