Effect of resource competition on the long-term allocation of grooming by female baboons: Evaluating Seyfarth's model

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 931-938

  Henzi, S P ^a,e   Barrett, L ^a,b   Gaynor, D ^a,f   Greeff, J ^c   Weingrill, T ^a,g   Hill, R A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^f De Hoop Baboon Project   (South Africa)

^g Laboratoire Ethologie des Primates   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE; GROOMING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344530499     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2244     Document Type: Article

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