Close social associations in animals and humans: Functions and mechanisms of friendship

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1379-1412

  Massen, Jorg J M ^a   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a,b   De Vos, Henk ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

close social associations; cooperation; friendship; reciprocal altruism; relationship quality; social benefits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956941491     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X528224     Document Type: Review

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