Sex, rank and age differences in the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) participation in inter-group encounters

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 455-468

  Majolo, Bonaventura ^a,c   Ventura, Raffaella ^b   Koyama, Nicola F ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; WORLD; YAKUSHIMA;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA YAKUI;

EID: 18744416628     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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