Grooming increases self-directed behaviour in wild Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-175

  Molesti, Sandra ^a   Majolo, Bonaventura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Barbary macaque; Emotion; Grooming; Macaca sylvanus; Self directed behaviour; Self grooming; Self scratching

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; GROOMING; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS;

EID: 84880152183     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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