The evolution of female social relationships in nonhuman primates

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 291-309

  Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a   Watts, David P ^b   Van Schaik, Carel P ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat saturation; Infanticide; Primate social organization

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; PRIMATE; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030828531     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050390     Document Type: Review

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