A model for within-group coalitionary aggression among males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-109

  Van Schaik, Carel P ^a,b   Pandit, Sagar A ^c   Vogel, Erin R ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Competition; Males; Primates; Rank

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 11144221434     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0818-1     Document Type: Review

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