Distress prevention by grooming others in crested black macaques

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-29

  Aureli, Filippo ^a   Yates, Kerrie ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Grooming; Scratching; Stress; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROOMING; PRIMATE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA NIGRA;

EID: 77449097109     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0513     Document Type: Article

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