An Ecological Model of Female-Bonded Primate Groups

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Summary

A model is presented to account for the evolution of FB groups in terms of ecological pressures on female relationships and suggests that relationships in most FB groups are ultimately related to feeding competition.

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1980-01-01
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Competition (biology), Scramble competition, Primate, Biology, Ecology

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