Reproductive Decisions - An Economic Analysis of Gelada Baboon Social Strategies

Summary

Robin Dunbar uses economic models to explore the social behavior of the gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada), a unique species, whose social system is one of the most complex among the primates. His work illustrates the value of an approach that views social behavior as being ultimately concerned with reproduction and with the maximizing of an indi

Product details

• Authors: Robin Dunbar, Robin I M Dunbar, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Dunbar Robin
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691612003
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61200-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)