The Absence of Grooming for Rank-Related Benefits in Female Assamese Macaques (Macaca assamensis)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 571-584

  Macdonald, Sally ^a   Schülke, Oliver ^a   Ostner, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grooming; Macaca assamensis; Rank related benefits; Seyfarth's model

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE; GROOMING; PRIMATE;

CHAIYAPHUM; NORTHEASTERN REGION; PHU KHIEO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; THAILAND;

MACACA; MACACA ASSAMENSIS;

EID: 84878169026     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9680-1     Document Type: Article

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