Communal range defence in primates as a public goods dilemma

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1683, 2015, Pages

  Willems, Erik P ^a,b   Arseneau, T Jean M ^a,b   Schleuning, Xenia ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Mawana Game Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Between group conflict; Chlorocebus; Collective action problem; Territoriality; Volunteer s dilemma

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PRIMATE; PUBLIC GOODS; RANGE SIZE; TERRITORIALITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CERCOPITHECUS; PRIMATES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84945244497     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0003     Document Type: Review

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