Injury risks among chimpanzees in three housing conditions

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-175

  Baker, Kate C ^a   Seres, Michael ^b   Aureli, Filippo ^a,b   De Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Injury; Rearing; Sex differences; Social complexity; Social housing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

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

EID: 0033924293     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200007)51:3<161::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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