Intergroup conflict: Ecological predictors of winning and consequences of defeat in a wild primate population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Markham, A Catherine ^a   Alberts, Susan C ^b,c   Altmann, Jeanne ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agonistic encounter; Baboon; Dominance; Intergroup competition; Papio cynocephalus; Space use

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SPACE USE; TIMESCALE; WILD POPULATION;

PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864128156     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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