Dominance Tests and Individual Differences
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 39 (1), 29-30
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1974.39.1.29
Abstract
Young baboons appear to be generally less fearful of human Os than rhesus monkeys of the same age. Individual conspecific animals may also show considerable variation in their responses to man. Food- and water-competition tests designed to determine social rank may, therefore, be influenced by such individual differences. Since individual animals may not compete for provisions due to differential fear responses, an assumption of low rank may be incorrect.Keywords
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- Structure and Function in Primate SocietyFolia Primatologica, 1968