Effects of troop size on social relations among male Formosan macaques, Macaca cyclopis

Zoological Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Lin, Tai Jung ^a,b   Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^b   Huang, Chih Chien ^a,c   Hsu, Minna J ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Agonistic behavior; Grooming; Macaca cyclopis; Mating season

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA CYCLOPIS;

EID: 72549098389     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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