A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling Monkeys |
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He made , and in the second year of his field work repeated , the only analytical
census of an infra - human primate ... His is the first reasonably reliable working
analysis of the constitution of social groups in the infra - human primates , and of
...
He made , and in the second year of his field work repeated , the only analytical
census of an infra - human primate ... His is the first reasonably reliable working
analysis of the constitution of social groups in the infra - human primates , and of
...
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... sharply with the dominance - subordination organization that is manifested in
many , if not most , infra - human primates . ... study of manner of life , nature and
conditions of social behavior , of a relatively highly organized form of primate .
... sharply with the dominance - subordination organization that is manifested in
many , if not most , infra - human primates . ... study of manner of life , nature and
conditions of social behavior , of a relatively highly organized form of primate .
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Attempts were to be made to supplement in every possible way laboratory
studies of primates . It was realized from the beginning that the limits of this
undertaking would be set by observational and descriptive methods and by the
practicability ...
Attempts were to be made to supplement in every possible way laboratory
studies of primates . It was realized from the beginning that the limits of this
undertaking would be set by observational and descriptive methods and by the
practicability ...
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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 |
Copyright | |
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