Preliminary comparisons of male/male interactions within bachelor and breeding groups of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-153

  Pullen, P Kirsten ^a,b  

^a Paignton Devon TQ4 7EU UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age class; Bachelor group; Breeding group; Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVITY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; LUINA; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; RAPHUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 11844287619     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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