Evaluating dominance styles in Assamese and rhesus macaques

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 225-243

  Cooper, Matthew A ^a   Bernstein, Irwin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Counter aggression; Despotic; Dominance style; Macaca assamensis; Macaca mulatta; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA ASSAMENSIS; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 40549084329     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9236-y     Document Type: Article

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