Advanced age influences chimpanzee behavior in small social groups

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-119

  Baker, Kate C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal welfare; Colony management; Great apes

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0034354513     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:2<111::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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