Patterns of Primate BehaviorThis newly revised second edition introduces the perspective that a primatologist brings to an understanding of behavior. The text provides a framework, comparative attitude, & anecdotal examples. |
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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 182
... adult males . A similar pattern exists at Kaukori , where most troops have several adult males . At Dharwar , by contrast , 73 percent of the troops have only one adult male . On the average there were four or five adult females for each ...
... adult males . A similar pattern exists at Kaukori , where most troops have several adult males . At Dharwar , by contrast , 73 percent of the troops have only one adult male . On the average there were four or five adult females for each ...
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... adult males , females , juveniles , and infants ; these differ from Old World monkey troops in having continuously shifting subgroups . " Small- sized groups " have one or two adult males and one or more adult females and their ...
... adult males , females , juveniles , and infants ; these differ from Old World monkey troops in having continuously shifting subgroups . " Small- sized groups " have one or two adult males and one or more adult females and their ...
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TWO | 27 |
Communication | 41 |
Sensory limitations on the perception of communication | 58 |
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