Ecological, social, and reproductive factors shape producer-scrounger dynamics in baboons

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1039-1049

  King, Andrew J ^a,b   Isaac, Nick J B ^c   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Maclean Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chacma baboon; Dyadic interactions; Papio ursinus; Producer; Scrounger; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; PATCH SIZE; PRIMATE; PRODUCER-SCROUNGER INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 70349473038     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp095     Document Type: Article

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