The value of grooming to female primates

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-59

  Henzi, S Peter ^a   Barrett, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological markets; Grooming; Interchange; Reciprocity; Relationships

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; PRIMATE; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033043921     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02557701     Document Type: Article

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