Infanticide in Chimpanzees: Review of cases and a new within-group observation from the Kanyawara study group in Kibale National Park

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-351

  Arcadi, Adam Clark ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Cooperation; Infanticide; Kanyawara; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032870467     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557557     Document Type: Article

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