Infants as costly social tools in male Barbary macaque networks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1199-1204

  Henkel, Stefanie ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^a   Fischer, Julia ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barbary macaque; GC level; Glucocorticoid; Grooming; Macaca sylvanus; Male infant interaction; Nonhuman primate; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; MALE; METABOLITE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952499497     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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