Direct paternal care in black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Xiang, Z F ^a,b   Sayers, K ^c   Grueter, C C ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Energetic stress; Paternal care; Rhinopithecus bieti; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROOMING; PARENTAL CARE; PRIMATE; SELECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

COLOBINAE; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 67649095505     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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