Intergroup relations in Chimpanzees

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 363-392

  Wilson, Michael L ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coalitionary killing; Pan troglodytes; Territoriality; Warfare

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; PRIMATE;

EID: 0842297552     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.120046     Document Type: Article

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