Interactions in male baboons: The importance of both males' testosterone

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-489

  Bergman, T J ^a   Beehner, J C ^a,b   Cheney, D L ^a   Seyfarth, R M ^a   Whitten, P L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Baboon; Dyadic interactions; Male male interactions; Playback experiments; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 30944450611     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0072-1     Document Type: Article

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