Supportive and tolerant relationships among male Tibetan macaques at Huangshan, China

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-661

  Berman, Carol M ^a   Ionica, Consuel ^a,b   Li, Jinhua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agonistic support; Macaca thibetana; Male cooperation; Male tolerance; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA;

EID: 34547574398     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781347790     Document Type: Article

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