Harding R S
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1980 Aug;53(2):203-16. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330530205.
An ingrained technique in primatological analysis is to rank individual animals in a hierarchical system that is usually but not always based on the outcome of agonist encounters. An explication of group structure and function is then sought by correlating these rankings with aspects of behavior. When the behavior of the adult males in a free-ranging troop of olive baboons is examined, ranking is found to be inadequate to represent the behavioral variability existing between individuals. The relationships maintained by these animals is analyzed, emphasizing amounts of time devoted to specific activities, and it is recommended that affiliative rather than agonistic behavior be stressed in future studies.
灵长类动物学分析中一种根深蒂固的方法是，在一个等级体系中对个体动物进行排名，该体系通常但并非总是基于争斗相遇的结果。然后，通过将这些排名与行为方面进行关联，来探寻群体结构和功能的阐释。当对一群自由放养的东非狒狒成年雄性的行为进行研究时，发现排名不足以代表个体之间存在的行为变异性。分析这些动物维持的关系，重点关注用于特定活动的时间量，并建议在未来的研究中强调亲和行为而非争斗行为。
