Friendship affects gaze following in a tolerant species of macaque, Macaca nigra

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 459-467

  Micheletta, Jérôme ^a,b   Waller, Bridget M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Marwell Wildlife   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crested macaque; Dominance; Friendship; Gaze following; Kinship; Macaca nigra; Relationship quality; Social cognition; Social style

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; COGNITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDEX METHOD; KINSHIP; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA NIGRA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84856120277     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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