A comprehensive population survey and daily activity budget on long-tailed macaques of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 608-615

  Md Zain, B M ^a   Sha'ari, N A ^a   Mohd Zaki, M ^a   Ruslin, F ^a   Idris, N I ^a   Kadderi, M D ^a   Idris, W M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Campus monkey; Daily activity budget; Long tailed macaque; Macaca fascicularis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; POPULATION SURVEY; REST; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; VOCALIZATION;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 78049440282     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.608.615     Document Type: Article

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