The selfish nature of generosity: Harassment and food sharing in primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1538, 2004, Pages 451-456

  Stevens, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Food sharing; Harassment; Primates; Punishment

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOOD; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI BOLIVIENSIS; SCIURIDAE; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 1442308463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2625     Document Type: Article

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