Feeding competition, cooperation, and the causes of primate sociality: A commentary on Sussman et al.

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-90

  Lawler, Richard R ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PHENOLOGY; PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PRIMATES;

EID: 78649496857     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20869     Document Type: Article

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