Testing kin altruism in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a food-sharing experiment

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-467

  Schaub, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

altruism; food sharing; kinship; Macaca; spiteful behavior

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 0029958505     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736631     Document Type: Article

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