Laterality of hand function in naturalistically housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Laterality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-242

  Fletcher, Alison W ^a,b   Weghosrt, Jennifer A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 19144364097     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500442000049     Document Type: Article

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