Social behavior of a captive group of golden snub-nosed langur Rhinopithecus roxellana

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Ren, Ren Mei ^a   Yan, Kang Hui ^a   Su, Yan Jie ^a   Xia, Shu Zhong ^b   Jin, Hui Yu ^b   Qiu, Jin Jun ^b   Romero, Teresa ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Wild Animal Park   (China)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

All male unit; One male unit; Rhinopithecus roxellana; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 80855165402     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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