Whom to groom and for what? Patterns of grooming in female Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus).

Grooming is one of the most conspicuous social interactions among nonhuman primates. The selection of grooming partners can provide important clues about factors relevant for the distribution of grooming within a social group. We analyzed grooming behavior among 17 semi-free ranging female Barbary m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Veronika Roubová, Martina Konečná, Petr Šmilauer, Bernard Wallner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4323340?pdf=render