Changes in unit structures and infanticide observed in Arsi geladas

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Mori, Akio ^a   Belay, Gurja ^b   Iwamoto, Toshitaka ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abortion; Gelada baboons; Herding; Infanticide; Social change

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; INFANTICIDE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ETHIOPIA;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEROPITHECUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 0041850034     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-002-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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