Spatial benefits afforded by high rank in white-faced capuchins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1069-1082

  Hall, Carolyn L ^a   Fedigan, Linda M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE RANK; GROUP DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SPATIAL PATTERN; WHITE-FACED CAPUCHIN;

CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 0031128698     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0392     Document Type: Article

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