Social segregation in male, but not female yearling rhesus macaques (macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Hassett, Janice M ^a   Rupp, Heather A ^a,b   Wallen, Kim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile behavior; Primate; Rhesus; Sex; Social segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROOMING; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROOMING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 72249090004     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20756     Document Type: Article

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