Contextual factors meditating contests between male chacma baboons in Botswana: Effects of food, friends and females

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-125

  Kitchen, Dawn M ^a   Cheney, Dorothy L ^a   Seyfarth, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Displays; Dominance hierarchy; Friendships; Infanticide; Mate guarding

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 15244354631     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-0725-y     Document Type: Article

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