Coalition formation among Barbary macaque males: The influence of scramble competition

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-682

  Berghänel, Andreas ^a,b   Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Ostner, Julia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affenberg Salem; Barbary macaque; Contest competition; Macaca sylvanus; Male coalition; Scramble competition

Indexed keywords

CONTEST COMPETITION; GROUP SIZE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MALE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SPERM COMPETITION;

GERMANY;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956611080     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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