Social dynamics of captive western lowland gorillas living in all-male groups

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-195

  Stoinski, T S ^a,b,c   Kuhar, C W ^a   Lukas, K E ^d   Maple, T L ^a  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

All male groups; Dominance; Male sociality; Male male relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842866234     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904322890807     Document Type: Article

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