More than friends? Behavioural and genetic aspects of heterosexual associations in wild chacma baboons

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-781

  Huchard, Elise ^a,b,d   Alvergne, Alexandra ^a,e   Féjan, Delphine ^a   Knapp, Leslie A ^c   Cowlishaw, Guy ^b   Raymond, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Kin selection; MHC; Papio ursinus; Paternal investment; Primates

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; GENOTYPE; INFANTICIDE; KIN SELECTION; PATERNAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE;

NAMIBIA;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77950523298     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0894-3     Document Type: Article

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