Mounting interactions between female Japanese macaques: Testing the influence of dominance and aggression

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 387-398

  Vasey, Paul L ^a   Chapais, Bernard ^a   Gauthier, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANACE; FEMALE-FEMALE INTERACTION; JAPANESE MACAQUE;

MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0031860440     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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