Signaling context modulates social function of silent bared-teeth displays in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-121

  Beisner, Brianne A ^a   Mccowan, Brenda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Macaques; Signal; Subordination

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PRIMATE; SIGNAL; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA NEMESTRINA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GROOMING; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUBORDINATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; MACAQUES; SIGNAL; SUBORDINATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROOMING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84891825864     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22214     Document Type: Article

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