A cardinal measure of competitive ability in barbary macaque males (Macaca sylvanus)

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 671-681

  Bissonnette, Annie ^a   Lange, Elena ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MODEL VALIDATION; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 67449161034     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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