Stability and Durability of Intra- and Intersex Social Bonds of Captive Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 770-791

  Massen, Jorg J M ^a,b,c   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Relationship duration; Relationship quality; Relationship stability; Rhesus macaques; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; GROOMING; INTERSEX; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84881026677     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9695-7     Document Type: Article

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