Mutualism, reciprocity, or kin selection? cooperative rescue of a conspecific from a boa in a nocturnal solitary forager the gray mouse lemur

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-414

  Eberle, Manfred ^a   Rappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Cooperation; Microcebus murinus; Mobbing; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; MOBBING; MUTUALISM; PREDATION; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEDIGREE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 44449158331     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20496     Document Type: Article

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