Fitness-related benefits of dominance in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-660

  Majolo, B ^a   Lehmann, J ^b   De Bortoli Vizioli, A ^c,d   Schino, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

dominance; fecundity; feeding success; mating; meta analysis; phylogeny; rank; reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL SOCIETY; APE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FITNESS; LEMURIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PRIMATES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84859111365     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22031     Document Type: Article

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