Variation in Spatial Cohesiveness in a Group of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1348-1366

  Sugiura, Hideki ^a   Shimooka, Yukiko ^a,b   Tsuji, Yamato ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersion; GPS; Group spread; Interindividual spacing; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

COHESION; FOSSIL RECORD; GPS; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 82555172447     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9533-8     Document Type: Article

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