The cost of defeat: Capuchin groups travel further, faster and later after losing conflicts with neighbors

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Crofoot, Margaret C ^a,b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Cebus capucinus; intergroup competition; radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE;

EID: 84883182106     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22330     Document Type: Article

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