Dawn chorusing in guereza colobus monkeys

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-373

  Schel, Anne Marijke ^a,b,c   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colobus guereza; Dawn chorus; Habitat effects; Male male competition; Playback experiment

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; COLOBUS SP.; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 84856957192     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1282-3     Document Type: Article

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