Pregnancy coloration in macaques may act as a warning signal to reduce antagonism by conspecifics

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Gerald, Melissa S ^a,b,c   Waitt, Corri ^a,d   Little, Anthony C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Pregnancy color; Primate; Rhesus macaque; Warning signal

Indexed keywords

FUCHSINE;

ANTAGONISM; COLOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SKIN COLOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 57549089449     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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