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SUBMITTER: Benitez ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5462830 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benítez Marcela E ME Pappano David J DJ Beehner Jacinta C JC Bergman Thore J TJ
Scientific reports 20170607 1
In aggressive interactions, game theory predicts that animals should assess an opponent's condition relative to their own prior to escalation or retreat. Despite the benefits of such mutual assessment, few studies have been able to reject simpler assessment strategies. Here we report evidence for mutual assessment in a wild primate. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) males have conspicuous loud calls that may function as a signal of male quality. "Leader" males with harems putatively use loud calls t ...[more]