Long-term proximity relationships in a captive social group of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-209

  Nakamichi, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Eiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blackback; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Lowland gorilla; Multidimensional scaling (MDS); Proximity relationships; Silverback

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944458905     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1020     Document Type: Article

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