Males collectively defend their one-male units against bachelor males in a multi-level primate society

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 609-617

  Xiang, Zuo Fu ^a,b   Yang, Bang He ^a,c   Yu, Yang ^b   Yao, Hui ^b,d   Grueter, Cyril C ^a,e   Garber, Paul A ^f   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Key lab of Conservation Biology for Shennongjia Golden Monkey Hubei Province   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bachelor threat; Male co operation; Paternity exclusion; Rhinopithecus roxellana

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENOTYPE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; VIGILANCE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; CHINA; COLOBINAE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84902950773     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22254     Document Type: Article

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