A comparative study of conflict resolution in macaques: insights into the nature of trait covariation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 847-860

  Thierry, Bernard ^a   Aureli, Filippo ^b   Nunn, Charles L ^c,d   Petit, Odile ^a   Abegg, Christophe ^a   de Waal, Frans B M ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; dominance; kinship; Macaca; phylogeny; reconciliation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 39649084221     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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