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Grooming Strategy of the Female Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti)

Grooming Strategy of the Female Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti)

Xueyu Wang1,2, Dejun Zhang1,2, Wancai Xia1,2, Jie Hu1,2, Xiaoxia Yuan1,2, Ali Krzton3 and Dayong Li1,2*

1Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China
2Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Rhinopithecus roxellana at China West Normal University of Sichuan Province, Nanchong, Sichuan, China
3RBD Library, Auburn University, AL, USA
 
Xueyu Wang and Dejun Zhang contributed equally for this study.
 
*      Corresponding author: [email protected]

Fig. 1.

The proportion of grooming time directed to females, males, and babies by females in the mating and birthing seasons (**indicates p<0.01).

Fig. 2.

The rate of grooming on the anogenital area across the three different periods. (**indicates p<0.01).

Fig. 3.

The rate of grooming directed to males by mother females and non-mother females. (**indicates p<0.01).

Fig. 4.

The proportion of grooming females receive from their resident male in three units. (DB unit, DGZ unit, HL unit).

Equation 1

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

November

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56

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