Social tolerance and adult play in macaque societies: A comparison with different human cultures

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1313-1322

  Ciani, Francesca ^a,b   Dall'Olio, Stefania ^a,b   Stanyon, Roscoe ^a   Palagi, Elisabetta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult social play; Despotism; Human society; Macaca fuscata; Macaca tonkeana; Mother protectiveness; Playmate choice; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; PLAY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOLERANCE;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; MACACA TONKEANA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84870428048     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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