Coalition formation among male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-51

  Widdig, Anja ^b   Streich, Wolf Jürgen ^a   Tembrock, Günter ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aggressive interventions; Coalitions; Cooperation; Kin selection; Male Barbary macaques; Reciprocal altruism

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KIN SELECTION; PRIMATE;

MACACA SYLVANUS;

EID: 0033990854     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200001)50:1<37::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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