- Abstract:
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Most primates live in social groups in which affiliative bonds exist between individuals. Because these bonds need to be maintained through social interactions (grooming in most primates), sociality will be limited by time constraints. It has previously been shown that the time primates invest in grooming increases with group size. However, when groups become too large, individuals will not have enough time available to service all possible social relationships and group cohesion is expected ...
Expand abstract - Journal:
- Animal Behaviour
- Volume:
- 74
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1617-1629
- Publication date:
- 2007-12-05
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0003-3472
- URN:
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uuid:4e4b811e-faf5-4110-a8f8-fe3059ef52d0
- Source identifiers:
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288112
- Local pid:
- pubs:288112
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2007
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Group size, grooming and social cohesion in primates
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