Varying ecological quality influences the probability of polyandry in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Thailand

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Savini, Tommaso ^a,b,c   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Reichard, Ulrich H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home range quality; Khao Yai National Park; Monogamy; Multimale groups; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; HOMINID; MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; NATIONAL PARK; PATERNAL CARE; POLYANDRY; PROBABILITY; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 67749144012     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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