The evolution of social bonds in primate males

Behaviour

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 871-906

  Ostner, Julia ^a   Schülke, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Between group competition; Contest competition; Cooperation; Phylogeny; Primate males; Reproductive skew; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901044280     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003191     Document Type: Article

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