Factors increasing snake detection and perceived threat in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-145

  Etting, Stephanie F ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Grote, Mark N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Hidden Markov Model; Mobbing; Primates; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; MOBBING; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRIMATE; SNAKE;

FELIDAE; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; RAPTORES; SERPENTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; MALE; MOBBING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; SNAKE; VOCALIZATION;

ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOR; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; MOBBING; PRIMATES; SNAKES;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84891836076     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22216     Document Type: Article

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