Scratching, dominance, tension, and displacement in male baboons (1987)

Easley, S. P., Coelho, A. M., Taylor, L.

Abstract

The results are interpreted to indicate the possibility that scratching may function as a displacement behavior, which subjectively appears to communicate heightened frustration, anxiety, or arousal.

Published
1987

Animal Type
Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

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Citation
Easley, S. P., Coelho, A. M., Taylor, L. 1987. Scratching, dominance, tension, and displacement in male baboons. American Journal of Primatology 13, 397-411.

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