Variables influencing the origins of diverse abnormal behaviors in a large sample of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-29

  Nash, L T ^a,b   Fritz, Jo ^a   Alford, P A ^c   Brent, L ^d  

^a Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviors; Chimpanzees; Learning; Pan troglodytes; Psychological well being; Rearing; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVITY; PRIMATE;

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

EID: 0032955221     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:1<15::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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