Within-species differences in primate social structure: Evolution of plasticity and phylogenetic constraints

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-22

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Rothman, Jessica M ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding competition; Mating systems; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylogeny; Social structure; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRIMATES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 59149090058     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0123-0     Document Type: Review

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