Consequences of Lethal Intragroup Aggression and Alpha Male Replacement on Intergroup Relations and Home Range Use in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 804-810

  Scarry, Clara J ^a,b   Tujague, M Paula ^b,c,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CeIBA Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Group composition; Group size; Resource holding potential; Takeover

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SUCCESSION;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 85027941646     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22030     Document Type: Article

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