Squirrel monkeys' response to inequitable outcomes indicates a behavioural convergence within the primates

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 680-682

  Talbot, Catherine F ^a,b   Freeman, Hani D ^a,b   Williams, Lawrence E ^b   Brosnan, Sarah F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Exchange; Inequity; Sairmiri spp.; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

CEBUS; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI;

EID: 79959378222     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0211     Document Type: Article

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