Rank-Related Fitness Differences and Their Demographic Pathways in Semi-Free-Ranging Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-208

  Blomquist, Gregory E ^a   Sade, Donald S ^b,c   Berard, John D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The North Country Institute for Natural Philosophy Inc   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Elasticity path analysis; Fertility; Finite rate of increase; Fitness; Reproductive success; Social dominance; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; MATURATION; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251602104     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9461-z     Document Type: Article

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