Do female chacma baboons compete for a safe spatial position in a Southern Woodland habitat?

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 475-490

  Tamar, Ron ^a,b   Henzi, S Peter ^a   Motro, Uzi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; CHACMA BAOON; COMPETITION; DOMINANCE RANK; PREDATION RISK;

SOUTH AFRICA, KWAZULU-NATAL, MKUZI GAME RESERVE;

PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS URSINUS;

EID: 0030435545     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00549     Document Type: Article

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