Social dynamics of the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana): Female transfer and one-male unit succession

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 670-679

  Qi, Xiao Guang ^a   Li, Bao Guo ^a   Garber, Paul A ^b   Ji, Weihong ^c   Watanabe, Kunio ^d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female transfer; Inbreeding avoidance; Mate choice; OMU; Rhinopithecus roxellana; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; MOUNTAIN REGION; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

OMUS; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 67849097376     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20702     Document Type: Article

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