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Affiliative Relationships Between Males in Groups of Nonhuman Primates: a Summary

Affiliative Relationships Between Males in Groups of Nonhuman Primates: a Summary AFFILIATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MALES IN GROUPS OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES: A SUMMARY by DAVID A. HILL1,2) and JAN A.R.A.M. VAN HOOFF3) (1 Scottish Primate Research Group, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Zoology Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK; 3 Ethology & Socio-ecology Group, Utrecht University, PO Box 80086, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands) (Acc. 20-VII-1994) Description and analysis of a complex system is most likely to begin with the most conspicuous features, gradually progressing to consider the more subtle ones. In group-living primates sex and aggression are often the most conspicuous behaviours, and these were the focus of much of the early research on primates in social groups (e.g. ZUCKERMAN, 1932). In many species adult males are more conspicuous than females, because of their greater body size, and other sexually dimorphic features, and they are also frequently dominant to them. Perhaps because of this, adult males were seen as the central figures in the group, fulfilling a "control role" (BERNSTEIN, 1970), maintaining cohesion and settling disputes. As field research progressed, it became clear that males are relatively transitory members of the group in many species, and that it is the females that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Affiliative Relationships Between Males in Groups of Nonhuman Primates: a Summary

Hill, David A.; Van Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M.
Behaviour , Volume 130 (3-4): 7 – Jan 1, 1994
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AFFILIATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MALES IN GROUPS OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES: A SUMMARY by DAVID A. HILL1,2) and JAN A.R.A.M. VAN HOOFF3) (1 Scottish Primate Research Group, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Zoology Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK; 3 Ethology & Socio-ecology Group, Utrecht University, PO Box 80086, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands) (Acc. 20-VII-1994) Description and analysis of a complex system is most likely to begin with the most conspicuous features, gradually progressing to consider the more subtle ones. In group-living primates sex and aggression are often the most conspicuous behaviours, and these were the focus of much of the early research on primates in social groups (e.g. ZUCKERMAN, 1932). In many species adult males are more conspicuous than females, because of their greater body size, and other sexually dimorphic features, and they are also frequently dominant to them. Perhaps because of this, adult males were seen as the central figures in the group, fulfilling a "control role" (BERNSTEIN, 1970), maintaining cohesion and settling disputes. As field research progressed, it became clear that males are relatively transitory members of the group in many species, and that it is the females that

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