Introduction and Dominance Manipulations Involving Old Rhesus Males
- 14 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Folia Primatologica
- Vol. 40 (3) , 175-180
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000156098
Abstract
Many investigators may feel that studies involving group manipulations involving older animals are untenable, fearing that such manipulations may harm or over-stress aged subjects. The present study demonstrates the safety of a technique which not only introduced aged rhesus monkeys into two groups, but resulted in their attaining planned dominance rank positions in each of the groups: one set of 4 as the highest ranking and the other set of 4 as the lowest ranking. The manipulation also effected the social behavior of the old animals isolating the high ranking males from social activity in their group.Keywords
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