Primate socioecology at the crossroads: Past, present, and future

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 136-150

  Clutton Brock, Tim ^a   Janson, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecology; Social behavior; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84865337225     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21316     Document Type: Article

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