The aggressive behavior of eight adult female rhesus living in a captive social group was studied prior to and during a breeding season extended by vasectomizing all the adult males in the group. Female reproductive status was ascertained by: recording all adult female-adult male copulations: detect
Development of social behavior in an adult total isolate rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
โ Scribed by Timothy S. Strongin; John P. Gluck; Robert G. Frank
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 447 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-3432
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