Social structure and group dynamics of the Cao Vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) in Bangliang, Jingxi, China

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-253

  Fan, Pengfei ^a   Fei, Hanlan ^b   Xiang, Zuofu ^b   Zhang, Wen ^c,d   Ma, Changyong ^a   Huang, Tao ^e  

^a DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Southeast Forestry College   (China)

^d FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Jingxi Forestry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Bi female groups; Cao Vit gibbon; China; Nomascus nasutus; Polygyny; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS NASUTUS;

EID: 78650661734     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322351     Document Type: Article

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