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TERRITORIALITY AND NOMADISM In a systematic study of the social behavior
and groupings of primates it is important to know whether or not groups or
individuals adapt themselves to definite territories . The adaptation of several
groups or ...
TERRITORIALITY AND NOMADISM In a systematic study of the social behavior
and groupings of primates it is important to know whether or not groups or
individuals adapt themselves to definite territories . The adaptation of several
groups or ...
Page 56
Estimating the probable error at 50 individuals , although it is more probable that
groups were overlooked rather than counted twice , the total population figure
may be expressed as 398 + 50 . In April of the following year , 489 groupliving ...
Estimating the probable error at 50 individuals , although it is more probable that
groups were overlooked rather than counted twice , the total population figure
may be expressed as 398 + 50 . In April of the following year , 489 groupliving ...
Page 67
A few individual males live in temporary separation from groups . Within a group
... There are forces which hold a number of individuals in a single group , and
there are other processes which tend to cause a group to disintegrate . In a stable
...
A few individual males live in temporary separation from groups . Within a group
... There are forces which hold a number of individuals in a single group , and
there are other processes which tend to cause a group to disintegrate . In a stable
...
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Contents
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Territoriality and nomadism | 43 |
Organization of a howler population | 55 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling Monkeys 48. köide of Communal Societies in America Comparative Psychology Monographs, Vol 10, No 2, May 1934, Serial No 48 Comparative psychology monographs |
| Author | Clarence Ray Carpenter |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | AMS Press, 1985 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 25 mai 2011 |
| ISBN | 0404158544, 9780404158545 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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