Juveniles outrank higher-born females in groups of long-tailed macaques with minimal kinship

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-447

  Chapais, Bernard ^a   Gauthier, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliances; Dominance; Kinship; Long tailed macaques

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; KINSHIP; PRIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 16544366689     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000019160.91232.d7     Document Type: Article

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