Dominance relationships among male hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Romero, Teresa ^a,b   Castellanos, Miguel A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baboons; Greeting interactions; Male social relationships; Papio hamadryas; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 72449184511     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-009-0162-z     Document Type: Article

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