Kin selection and the distribution of altruism in relation to degree of kinship in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 493-502

  Chapais, Bernard ^a   Savard, Liane ^a   Gauthier, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altruism; Kin selection; Kinship; Primates

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KIN SELECTION; PRIMATE;

MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0035026943     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100335     Document Type: Article

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