Baby-transfer and other interactions between its mother and grandmother in a captive social group of lowland gorillas

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Nakamichi, Masayuki ^a   Silldorff, April ^b   Bringham, Crystal ^b   Sexton, Peggy ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Infant care; Maternal behavior; Mother adult daughter interactions; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GORILLA; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; GORILLA GORILLA; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1442360895     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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