Group encounters in wild gibbons (Hylobates lar): Agonism, affiliation, and the concept of infanticide

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 15-16, 1997, Pages 1135-1174

  Reichard, Ulrich ^a   Sommer, Volker ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031320965     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00106     Document Type: Article

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