Ecological and social determinants of spacing behaviour in desert baboon groups

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Cowlishaw, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboons; Feeding competition; Infanticide; Predation risk; Spacing behaviour

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPACING;

PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032897414     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050540     Document Type: Article

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