Trade-offs in primate grooming reciprocation: Testing behavioural flexibility and correlated evolution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Schino, Gabriele ^a   Aureli, Filippo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Comparative analysis; Dominance

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROOMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; TRADE-OFF;

PRIMATES;

EID: 55349145286     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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