Factors influencing male affiliation and coalitions in a species with male dispersal and intense male-male competition, Colobus vellerosus

Behaviour

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1045-1066

  Teichroeb, Julie A ^a,b   Wikberg, Eva C ^c,d   Ting, Nelson ^e   Sicotte, Pascale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Colobines; Male affiliation; Male dispersal; Male male competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900992824     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003089     Document Type: Article

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