Coping with the cold: Predictors of survival in wild Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McFarland, Richard ^a,b   Majolo, Bonaventura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Feeding; Fitness; Social relationships; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; COLD; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MACACA; MALE; MOROCCO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDING; FITNESS; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LONGEVITY; MACACA; MALE; MOROCCO; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDING; FITNESS; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84880831302     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0428     Document Type: Article

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