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Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism?

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Grinnell, J; Packer, C; Pusey, AE
Published in: Animal Behaviour
January 1, 1995

Playback experiments simulating the presence of intruder male lions elicited cooperative behaviour of male coalitions resident with prides of females. Resident males approached the broadcast roars on all occasions when more than one male was present for the experiment, and only failed to approach in three of eight cases when a single male faced the roars of three intruders. Three routes to cooperation were tested: kinship, reciprocity and mutualism. These results suggest that approaching the roars of strange males is a cooperative behaviour, and that this cooperation is not conditional on either the kinship or the behaviour of a male's companions. Cooperation in male lions instead appears to be based on mutualism. © 1995.

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Animal Behaviour

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0003-3472

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January 1, 1995

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49

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1

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95 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
 

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Grinnell, J., Packer, C., & Pusey, A. E. (1995). Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism? Animal Behaviour, 49(1), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)80157-X
Grinnell, J., C. Packer, and A. E. Pusey. “Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism?Animal Behaviour 49, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)80157-X.
Grinnell J, Packer C, Pusey AE. Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism? Animal Behaviour. 1995 Jan 1;49(1):95–105.
Grinnell, J., et al. “Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism?Animal Behaviour, vol. 49, no. 1, Jan. 1995, pp. 95–105. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0003-3472(95)80157-X.
Grinnell J, Packer C, Pusey AE. Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism? Animal Behaviour. 1995 Jan 1;49(1):95–105.
Journal cover image

Published In

Animal Behaviour

DOI

ISSN

0003-3472

Publication Date

January 1, 1995

Volume

49

Issue

1

Start / End Page

95 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences