Individual participation in intergroup contests is mediated by numerical assessment strategies in black howler and tufted capuchin monkeys

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1683, 2015, Pages

  Van Belle, Sarie ^a   Scarry, Clara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective group defence; Intergroup dominance; Intergroup encounter; Numerical superiority; Pay off asymmetries; Resource holding potential

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASYMMETRY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIMATE; TRADE-OFF;

ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; CEBUS;

AGGRESSION; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84945264038     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0007     Document Type: Article

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