Male and female aggression: Lessons from sex, rank, age, and injury in olive baboons

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-691

  MacCormick, Holly A ^a,b   MacNulty, Daniel R ^b,c   Bosacker, Anna L ^d   Lehman, Clarence ^b   Bailey, Andrea ^b   Anthony Collins, D ^e   Packer, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Gombe Stream Research Center   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

competition; injury; life history; olive baboon; Papio anubis; rank

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INJURY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; RANKING; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOUNDING;

GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS;

EID: 84859491580     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars021     Document Type: Article

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