Death of a wild chimpanzee community member: Possible outcome of intense sexual competition

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-247

  Fawcett, Katie ^a   Muhumuza, Geresomu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Budongo Forest Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Aggression; Budongo; Chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIOLENCE;

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

EID: 0033854815     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200008)51:4<243::AID-AJP3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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