Abstract
The control role of a dominant male in a captive group of pigtail macaques is described in this paper, with a particular emphasis on broadening this concept. A number of behavioral categories are shown to be highly correlated with the control role, making the concept of control role more useful in the study of non-human primate sociality.
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Smith, E.O. A further description of the control role in pigtail macaques,Macaca nemestrina . Primates 14, 413–419 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731362
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