Gestural communication in subadult bonobos (Pan paniscus): Repertoire and use

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-61

  Pika, Simone ^a,c,d   Liebal, Katja ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^d Zoo Apenheul   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gestural inventory; Learning; Pan paniscus; Use

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GESTURES; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; PAN PANISCUS; PANISCUS;

EID: 13944257856     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20096     Document Type: Article

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