Are orang-utan females as solitary as chimpanzee females?

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Wich, Serge A ^a   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a   Utami, Sri Suci ^a,b  

^a Ethology and Socioecology   (Netherlands)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Associations; Chimpanzees; Density; Food availability; Orang utans; Ranging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032991623     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021671     Document Type: Article

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