Body signals during social play in free-ranging rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A systematic analysis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-179

  Yanagi, Akie ^a   Berman, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Play signals; Rhesus macaques; Social play

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH; SIGNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CAYO SANTIAGO; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PLAY SIGNALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PLAY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY SIGNALS; RHESUS MACAQUES; SOCIAL PLAY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; KINESICS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POSTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891833480     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22219     Document Type: Article

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