Fitness benefits of coalitionary aggression in male chimpanzees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-381

  Gilby, Ian C ^a   Brent, Lauren J N ^b   Wroblewski, Emily E ^c   Rudicell, Rebecca S ^d   Hahn, Beatrice H ^e   Goodall, Jane ^f   Pusey, Anne E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Coalition; Cooperation; Dominance rank; Paternity; Social bonds; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; KNOWLEDGE; MAMMAL; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

CETACEA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84873995779     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1457-6     Document Type: Article

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