Personality as a Predictor of General Health in Captive Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 524-533

  Jin, Jian ^a   Su, Yanjie ^a   Tao, Yujing ^b   Guo, Siyuan ^c   Yu, Zeying ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Wildlife Care Center Beijing   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens   (China)

Author keywords

Health; Morbidity; Non human primate; Personality; Rhinopithecus roxellanae

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; PRIMATE; SYMPTOM; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 84876330433     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22127     Document Type: Article

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