Why be vigilant? The case of the alpha animal

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-414

  Gould, Lisa ^a   Fedigan, Linda Marie ^a   Rose, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha individual; Ring tailed lemurs; Vigilance behavior; White faced capuchins

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0030923177     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026338501110     Document Type: Article

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