The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the consequences of demographic variation for female mandrills

A large body of evidence suggests that female Old World monkeys maintain selective long-term grooming interactions with fitness benefits. The last two decades have produced evidence that the regulation of social interactions among primates can be, in part, explained by the Biological Markets theory,...

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Main Authors: André S. Pereira, Inês D. Rebelo, Catarina Casanova, Phyllis C. Lee, Vasilis Louca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6332.pdf