Evidence for an important social role of allogrooming in a platyrrhine primate

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-211

  Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGROOMING; DOMINANCE; GROOMING; TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEY;

ARGENTINA; IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK; MISIONES PROVINCE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; IGUAZU; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031194432     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0416     Document Type: Article

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