Male-male interactions in heterosexual and all-male wild mountain gorilla groups

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 942-965

  Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALE-MALE INTERACTION; MOUNTAIN GORILLA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

RWANDA, KARISOKE RESEARCH CENTRE;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 0030303070     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01172.x     Document Type: Article

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