Social play in crested and Japanese Macaques: Testing the covariation hypothesis

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Petit, Odile ^a   Bertrand, F ^a   Thierry, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Correlated variation; Macaca; Play style; Primates; Social relationships; Socialization; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; JAPANESE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT; AGE; ANIMAL; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; MACACA NIGRA; PRIMATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48949120038     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20305     Document Type: Article

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