Parturitions in Wild White-Headed Langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in the Nongguan Hills, China

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 888-904

  Yao, Meng ^a   Yin, Lijie ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Liu, Lijun ^a   Qin, Dagong ^a   Pan, Wenshi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Parity; Parturition behavior; Primate; Social context; Wild birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; NEONATE; PARTURITION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; NONGGUAN HILLS;

HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84864377656     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9625-0     Document Type: Article

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