Pair-bonding, female aggression and the evolution of lemur societies: Keynote address

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Jolly, Alison ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female aggression; Female dominance; Lemur; Pair bonding; Social intelligence; Social structure

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; LEMUR; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0001957415     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052693     Document Type: Review

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