Rescue behavior in white-faced capuchin monkeys during an intergroup attack: Support for the infanticide avoidance hypothesis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1012-1016

  Vogel, E R ^a,c   Fuentes Jimenez A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Proyecto de Monos ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cebus capucinus; Cooperation; Infanticide; Intergroup aggression

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LOMAS BARBUDAL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 33749453483     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20286     Document Type: Article

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