Social relationships between adult females and the alpha male in wild tufted capuchin monkeys

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 812-820

  Tiddi, Barbara ^a,b   Aureli, Filippo ^a   Schino, Gabriele ^c   Voelkl, Bernhard ^d,e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cebus apella nigritus; Female male relationships; Grooming; Social networks; Spatial proximity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; GROOMING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79959551811     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20939     Document Type: Article

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