Evolutionary ecology, sexual conflict, and behavioral differentiation among baboon populations

P Henzi, L Barrett - … : Issues, News, and Reviews: Issues, News …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A central assumption of baboon socio‐ecological models is that all populations have the
same capacity to react to different environments. The burden of our argument is that this …

[HTML][HTML] Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate

AJ King, CMS Douglas, E Huchard, NJB Isaac… - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
Group-living animals routinely have to reach a consensus decision and choose between
mutually exclusive actions in order to coordinate their activities and benefit from sociality [1 …

Factors affecting individual participation in group-level aggression among non-human primates

D Kitchen, J Beehner - Behaviour, 2007 - brill.com
Group members do not always act cohesively when facing extra-group rivals. When benefits
such as group-defence are not monopolizable, it poses an economics problem: who should …

Comparing responses to novel objects in wild baboons (Papio ursinus) and geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

TJ Bergman, DM Kitchen - Animal cognition, 2009 - Springer
Behavioral flexibility is considered by some to be one of the hallmarks of advanced cognitive
ability. One measure of behavioral flexibility is how subjects respond to novel objects …

Concessions of an alpha male? Cooperative defence and shared reproduction in multi-male primate groups

N Snyder-Mackler, SC Alberts… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By living in social groups with potential competitors, animals forgo monopolizing access to
resources. Consequently, debate continues over how selection might favour sociality among …

Career moves: transfer and rank challenge decisions by male long-tailed macaques

MA Van Noordwijk, CP Van Schaik - Behaviour, 2001 - JSTOR
Transfers to other social groups and active acquisition of high dominance rank carry a
substantial risk for a primate male. Therefore, we expect that such actions will affect his …

Movement initiation in groups of feral horses

K Krueger, B Flauger, K Farmer, C Hemelrijk - Behavioural Processes, 2014 - Elsevier
Herds of ungulates, flocks of birds, swarms of insects and schools of fish move in
coordinated groups. Computer models show that only one or very few animals are needed …

Food availability affects strength of seasonal territorial behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird

KA Golabek, AR Ridley, AN Radford - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Seasonal patterns in territorial behaviour are common in many species, and are often
attributed to the adaptive benefits of increased defence or the provision of information to …

Factors mediating inter-group encounters in savannah baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus)

D Kitchen, D Cheney, R Seyfarth - Behaviour, 2004 - brill.com
Inter-group encounters among baboons range from peaceful to aggressive. During 23
months we observed 110 inter-group interactions involving four groups of chacma baboons …

Tenure related changes in wild Thomas's langurs I: between-group interactions

R Steenbeek - Behaviour, 1999 - brill.com
Between-group conflicts are believed to serve two major functions: mate defence and
resource defence. In addition, in species where females can disperse, both female choice …