Social relationships in free-ranging male Macaca arctoides

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-642

  Richter, Christin ^a,b,c   Mevis, Lieke ^c,d   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^e   Schülke, Oliver ^a,c   Ostner, Julia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dominance; Male stumptail macaques; Social relationships; Social style; Social tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOLERANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA ARCTOIDES; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 70349987641     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9364-z     Document Type: Article

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