Is grooming used as a commodity in wild white-handed gibbons, Hylobates lar?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 801-809

  Barelli, Claudia ^a,b   Reichard, Ulrich H ^c   Mundry, Roger ^d  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological market; Commodity; Gibbon; Grooming; Hylobates lar; Interchange; Reciprocation; Reproductive status; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; GROOMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK; THAILAND;

HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 80052750510     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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