Stability of partner choice among female baboons

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1511-1518

  Silk, Joan B ^a   Alberts, Susan C ^b,c   Altmann, Jeanne ^c,d   Cheney, Dorothy L ^e   Seyfarth, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Bond stability; Female bond; Papio hamadryas ursinus; Reproductive success; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LONGEVITY; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 84861906381     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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