Primiparous chimpanzee mothers: Behavior and success in a short-term assessment of infant rearing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^a,b,h   Kuhar, Christopher ^b   Baker, Kate ^c   Lambeth, Susan ^d   Brent, Linda ^e   Ross, Stephen R ^f   Fritz, Jo ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^g Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

^h ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive management; Chimpanzee; Maternal behavior; Offspring rejection; Primate; Primiparous females

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVITY; MATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344153342     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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