Female dispersal patterns in six groups of ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus): Infanticide avoidance is important

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 551-582

  Teichroeb, Julie A ^a   Wikberg, Eva C ^a   Sicotte, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colobines; Dispersal foraging efficiency model; Female emigration; Female immigration; Group formation; Parallel dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS;

EID: 66749123582     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X426363     Document Type: Article

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