Time allocation and the evolution of group size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1683-1699

  Pollard, Kimberly A ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution of sociality; group size; independent contrast; phylogeny; primate; temporal constraint; time budget

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GROUP SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TIME ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 53549088868     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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