The relative prevalence of direct, indirect and generalized reciprocity in macaque grooming exchanges

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-771

  Majolo, Bonaventura ^a   Schino, Gabriele ^b   Aureli, Filippo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Grooming; Longtailed macaque; Macaca fascicularis; Primates; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84857048972     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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