A model for leveling coalitions among primate males: Toward a theory of egalitarianism

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Pandit, Sagar A ^a,c   Van Schaik, Carel P ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Male; Modeling; Primate; Within group leveling coalition

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; MALE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 1642423728     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0692-2     Document Type: Article

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