Social behavior, foraging strategies, and fecal glucocorticoids in female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): potential fitness benefits of high rank in a forest guenon

Socioecological theory predicts that aggressive feeding competition is associated with linear dominance hierarchies and reproductive advantages for high‐ranking females. Female blue monkeys contest fruits and have a linear dominance hierarchy, yet previous research has shown no evidence that high‐ra...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of primatology 2011-09, Vol.73 (9), p.870-882
Hauptverfasser:	Foerster, Steffen, Cords, Marina, Monfort, Steven L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agonistic Behavior - physiology Animals Behavior, Animal - physiology Cercopithecidae - physiology Cercopithecidae - psychology Cercopithecus mitis Eating - physiology energetic stress Feces - chemistry feeding competition Female Females Fertility foraging behavior Fruit glucocorticoids Glucocorticoids - analysis Glucocorticoids - physiology Kenya Old World monkeys Pregnancy Primate behaviour Primatology Social Dominance social status Statistics, Nonparametric Trees
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Schreiben Sie den ersten Kommentar!