Vigilance in ursine black and white colobus monkeys (colobus vellerosus): An examination of the effects of conspecific threat and predation

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 919-927

  MacIntosh, Andrew J J ^a   Sicotte, Pascale ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black and white colobus; Conspecific threat; Infanticide; Predator avoidance; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CANOPY; CONSPECIFIC; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIGILANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOBUS; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

AFRICA; BOABENG-FIEMA MONKEY SANCTUARY; BRONG-AHAFO; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349802323     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20730     Document Type: Article

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