Insights into social relationships among female black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra at Palenque National Park, Mexico

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  van Belle, Sarie ^a   Estrada, Alejandro ^b   Strier, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Agonism; Alouatta pigra; Black howler monkey; Female dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS;

EID: 78651438349     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.1.1     Document Type: Article

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