Within-group female-female agonistic interactions in Taiwanese macaques (Macaca cyclopis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-211

  Su, Hsiu Hui ^a   Birky, Wendy A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Feeding competition; Food patch size; Food quality; Macaca cyclopis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONTEST COMPETITION; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; PATCH SIZE; PATCH USE; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA CYCLOPIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846922789     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20336     Document Type: Article

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