A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling MonkeysJohns Hopkins Press, 1934 - 168 pages |
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... LOCOMOTION , AND FEEDING Observations of the ways in which animals manipulate objects , adjust themselves to supports , move and feed , correspond to the study of motor skills in human subjects . These kinds of detailed action ...
... LOCOMOTION , AND FEEDING Observations of the ways in which animals manipulate objects , adjust themselves to supports , move and feed , correspond to the study of motor skills in human subjects . These kinds of detailed action ...
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... locomotion : Observation 5 , Jan. 26 , 1932 , Group 1. Howlers used both hands , both feet , and the tail during locomotion . The movement was parallel and usually above the support over which they traveled . Only when they crossed from ...
... locomotion : Observation 5 , Jan. 26 , 1932 , Group 1. Howlers used both hands , both feet , and the tail during locomotion . The movement was parallel and usually above the support over which they traveled . Only when they crossed from ...
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... locomotion for an individual is the same as the rate of progression of the entire group . Individual males living temporarily alone are very erratic in their locomotion . I estimate the rate of locomotion to be about the 34 C. R. CARPENTER.
... locomotion for an individual is the same as the rate of progression of the entire group . Individual males living temporarily alone are very erratic in their locomotion . I estimate the rate of locomotion to be about the 34 C. R. CARPENTER.
Contents
R CARPENTER | 9 |
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Field procedures and reactions of howlers to an observer | 21 |
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