Singing behavior and singing functions of black-crested gibbons (nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Fan, Peng Fei ^a,b   Xiao, Wen ^a   Huo, Sheng ^a   Jiang, Xue Long ^b  

^a DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Black crested gibbon; Functional hypothesis; Nomascus concolor; Singing behavior; Singing trees

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE ATTRACTION; PAIR BOND; PRIMATE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAIR BOND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WULIANG MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 67650815493     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20686     Document Type: Article

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