Variation in kin bias over time in a group of Tibetan macaques at Huangshan, China: Contest competition, time constraints or risk response?

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 863-896

  Berman, Carol M ^a   Ogawa, Hideshi ^b   Ionica, Consuel ^a,c   Yin, Huabao ^d   Li, Jinhua ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grooming networks; Kin preferences; Macaca thibetana.; Time constraints; Within group competition

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA;

EID: 67249152340     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908784089252     Document Type: Article

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