Insights into social relationships among female black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra at Palenque National Park, Mexico

We investigated the social relationships among adult females in two multimale-multifemale groups of black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra during a 14-month study in Palenque National Park, Mexico. Based on over 900 focal hours and over 5400 scan samples recording neighboring group members, we found th...

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Main Author: Sarie VAN BELLE, Alejandro ESTRADA, Karen B. STRIER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-02-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11747