Kin-mediated reconciliation substitutes for direct reconciliation in female baboons

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1613, 2007, Pages 1109-1115

  Wittig, Roman M ^a   Crockford, Catherine ^a   Wikberg, Eva ^b   Seyfarth, Robert M ^a   Cheney, Dorothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Moremi Baboon Project   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Baboon; Conflict management; Direct reconciliation; Kin mediated reconciliation; Recognition of others' kin

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KIN RECOGNITION; PRIMATE; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; THREAT; ANIMAL; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34249929917     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0203     Document Type: Article

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