Animal behaviour: pigtailed police.
A recent study of pigtailed macaques shows that most effective policing interventions in conflict situations are by socially powerful group-members, who sustain relatively low costs by intervening. Questions arise about the ontogenetic and phylogenetic emergence of policing individuals.
Anderson
James R
JR
Department of Pyschology, University of Stirling, UK. jra1@tir.ac.uk
D000378:Agonistic Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D008254:Macaca nemestrina / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior