Calculated reciprocity? A comparative test with six primate species

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 447-457

  Amici, Federica ^a   Aureli, Filippo ^b,c   Mundry, Roger ^a   Amaro, Alejandro Sánchez ^a   Barroso, Abraham Mesa ^d   Ferretti, Jessica ^e   Call, Josep ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Calculated reciprocity; Capuchin monkeys; Great apes; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ATELIDAE; CEBUS; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOOD; HOMINID; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ATELINAE; CEBUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HOMINIDAE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903822559     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-014-0424-4     Document Type: Article

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