Knowledge of how animals manage their conflicts is critical for understanding the dynamics
of social systems. During the last two decades research on gregarious animals, especially …

The macaque radiation is as old as the hominin radiation, approximately 7 million years.
After Homo, Macaca has the widest geographical range among primates, and both of these …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Bernard Thierry behavior is not infinitely plastic and that individuals in groups are not
independent players. Kummer (1971) captured this point when he wrote,“If a species …

In group-living species, individuals gain significant advantages from establishing an
extensive network of social relationships. This results in complex organizations that are …

Among nonhuman primates, the evolutionary underpinnings of variation in social structure
remain debated, with both ancestral relationships and adaptation to current conditions …

The macaques are the most geographically widespread and behaviourally diverse primate
genus. Many of the diversified features of social behaviour and organization in this genus …

Coalitionary support in agonistic interactions represents cooperation because intervening in
a fight is potentially costly to the donor of support but benefits the recipient. Here, we first …

Cooperative behavior is a hallmark of the primate order. Cooperation is therefore an area of
intensive theoretical research in biology, anthropology, political sciences and economics, as …

Conflict resolution is an essential component of primate sociality that has been studied
extensively within primate social groups, but few studies have examined how conflict …