On the road again: competitive effects and condition-dependent dispersal in male baboons

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Clarke, P M R ^a,c   Henzi, S P ^b,c   Barrett, L ^b,c   Rendall, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

alternative dispersal strategies; chacma baboon; intermale competition; male intertroop movement; Papio hamadryas ursinus

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISPERSAL; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; ROAD;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 44949148971     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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