Effects of food type and number of feeding sites in a tree on aggression during feeding in wild Macaca fuscata

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-581

  Hanya, Goro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cofeeding; Food distribution; Monopolizability; Yakushima

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; SEED; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349988290     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9361-2     Document Type: Article

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