Costs and benefits of group living in primates: group size effects on behaviour and demography

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1235-1247

  Majolo, Bonaventura ^a   de Bortoli Vizioli, Aurora ^b   Schino, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

fitness; food competition; group living; predation; socioecology

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FRUGIVORY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 51549120749     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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