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Dominance and the social behavior of adult female bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)

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Female bonnet macaques are ranked according to naturally occurring dyadic aggressive interactions. Several possible correlates of these ranks are examined. Maternal rank and early life history are found to be highly correlated with rank. In addition, a number of social relationships (female/female presentations, female/female mounts, contact among females and aggression) are found to be related to rank. The meaning of rank outside of head to head encounters is discussed.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 80262, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A

    David F. Raney

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Medical School, 37232, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A

    David F. Raney & Virginia Abernethy

  3. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, California, U.S.A

    Peter S. Rodman

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This research was supported in part by the California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616.

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Raney, D.F., Abernethy, V. & Rodman, P.S. Dominance and the social behavior of adult female bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata). Primates 22, 368–378 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381577

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