Range expansion as a response to increasing group size in the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 315-329

  Li, Dayong ^a,b   Ren, Baoping ^a   Li, Baoguo ^b   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Group size; Home range; Range expansion; Rhinopithecus bieti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

COLOBINAE; HAPLORHINI; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 78651394759     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322515     Document Type: Article

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