Intergroup Encounters among Free-Ranging Vervet Monkeys
作者:
D.L. Cheney,
期刊:
Folia Primatologica
(Karger Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 2-3
页码: 124-146
ISSN:0015-5713
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1159/000155970
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Vervet monkeys;Intergroup encounters;Male transfer;Female aggression
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
High-ranking vervet monkeys threatened the members of other groups more than did low-ranking individuals, while only low-ranking females and juvenile males interacted affinitively with the members of other groups. Adult males were most aggressive during intergroup encounters with groups from which males transferred. In contrast, females were most aggressive to groups from which males were not observed to transfer. It is postulated that the behavior of individuals during intergroup encounters may be related to benefits derived from excluding intruders from the group’s resources. Furthermore, it seems possible that relations between groups are influenced by previous male transfers, and that female aggression affects the distribution of male movement between group
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