Triadic male-infant-male interaction serves in bond maintenance in male Assamese macaques.

While the ultimate consequences of social bonds start to be better understood, the proximate behavioural mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of these close affiliative relationships have received less attention. We investigated the possible function of male-infant-male interactions (...

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Main Authors: Josefine Kalbitz, Oliver Schülke, Julia Ostner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5646793?pdf=render