Seasonality of group size, feeding, and breeding in wild red-shanked douc langurs (Lao PDR)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1134-1144

  Phiapalath, Phaivanh ^a,b   Borries, Carola ^c   Suwanwaree, Pongthep ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b IUCN ^*  (Laos)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Births distribution; Feeding competition; Group composition; Hin Namno NPA

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; HIN NAMNO NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AREA; LAOS;

PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX NEMAEUS;

EID: 80053112529     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20980     Document Type: Article

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