The social pattern of macaca fascicularis in coalition support and grooming.

• Main Authors: Han, Yongni., Lee, Shi Hui.
• Other Authors: Michael David Gumert
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44362
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The occurrence and association between coalition support and grooming in long-tailed macaques were explained via reciprocal altruism and kin selection in this paper. Rowwise matrix correlation were used in all analysis. Reciprocal altruism was found to be the main factor in the exchange of support a...