Kinship bonds are not necessary for maintaining matrilineal rank in captive Japanese macaques

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-385

  Chapais, Bernard ^a   St Pierre, Claude Eric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliances; Coalitions; Dominance; Japanese macaques; Nepotism; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030968848     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026334400201     Document Type: Article

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