Mate guarding and risk assessment by male mountain baboons during inter-troop encounters

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1421-1428

  Henzi, S Peter ^a   Lycett, John E ^a   Weingrill, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTER-TROOP ENCOUNTER; MALE BEHAVIOUR; MATE GUARDING; PRIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS; KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032103588     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0716     Document Type: Article

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