The Influence of Kinship on Familiar Natal Migrant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-114

  Albers, Monika ^a,b   Widdig, Anja ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Kinship; Male rhesus macaques; Natal dispersal; Spatial proximity

Indexed keywords

FAMILIARITY; IMMIGRANT; KINSHIP; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE;

CAYO SANTIAGO; PUERTO RICO;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84872862799     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9651-y     Document Type: Article

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