Complex sources of variance in female dominance rank in a nepotistic society

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-99

  Lea, Amanda J ^a   Learn, Niki H ^b   Theus, Marcus J ^b   Altmann, Jeanne ^b,c   Alberts, Susan C ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboon; Female dominance rank; Kin support; Nepotistic dominance hierarchy; Papio cynocephalus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84903381412     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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