Sexual competition in a group of captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Primates

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-115

  Vervaecke, Hilde ^a   Van Elsacker, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Harassment; Pan paniscus; Sexual interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 0034066801     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557467     Document Type: Article

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