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Page 141
... males in baboon troops is about the same as the total number of females , in most troops adult females out- number adult males two to one . Altman observed fluctuations in sex ratios of from two to four adult females per adult male in ...
... males in baboon troops is about the same as the total number of females , in most troops adult females out- number adult males two to one . Altman observed fluctuations in sex ratios of from two to four adult females per adult male in ...
Page 144
... adult males who cooperate with one another and have a stable hierarchy with regard to social space and access to food . This dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members . The dominant males ...
... adult males who cooperate with one another and have a stable hierarchy with regard to social space and access to food . This dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members . The dominant males ...
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... males and females , with the adult females usually outnumber- ing the adult males . All Jay's primary study troops contained more than one adult male . Home range Langur troops occupy a home range that varies from 130 to 1,300 hectares ...
... males and females , with the adult females usually outnumber- ing the adult males . All Jay's primary study troops contained more than one adult male . Home range Langur troops occupy a home range that varies from 130 to 1,300 hectares ...
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activity adult females adult males Africa aggression animal's animals anthropoids apes appear arboreal Barro Colorado Island cage central chacma baboons characteristics chimpanzees color common baboon communication copulation cycle disease displays dominance status ecology estrous feeding field study foraging forest free-ranging frequently fruit geladas gibbons glands Gombe gorilla grooming Group composition habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons Harlow hectares hierarchy home range hormones howler monkeys howling human infant infection interactions Japanese macaques juveniles laboratory langurs leader male lemurs lifeways meters mother move movements nonhuman primates observer occur offspring Old World olfactory one-male ordinary males Papio particularly patas monkey pattern percent plants play population predation primate behavior primates primatologists prosimians records relationships reproductive response rhesus monkeys role savanna sexual dimorphism signals sleeping social behavior social organization species spider monkeys Struhsaker study area subgroups subleaders Tikal tion trees troop variability vervet monkeys vocalizations Washoe