Bystanders affect the outcome of mother-infant interactions in rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2257-2262

  Semple, Stuart ^a   Gerald, Melissa S ^b,c   Suggs, Dianne N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience; Bystanders; Communication; Crying; Mother offspring conflict; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AUDITORY CUE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SIGNALING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; MACACA; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 66749097889     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0103     Document Type: Article

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