Males follow females during fissioning of a group of northern muriquis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 529-538

  Tokuda, Marcos ^a,b   Boubli, Jean P ^c   Mourthé, Ítalo ^d   Izar, Patrícia ^a   Possamai, Carla B ^e   Strier, Karen B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyteles hypoxanthus; Female dispersal; Group fission; Operational sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES HYPOXANTHUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ATELIDAE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899968876     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22244     Document Type: Article

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