Neighbor effect: Evidence of affiliative and agonistic social contagion in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-144

  Videan, Elaine N ^a   Fritz, Jo ^a   Schwandt, Melanie ^a   Howell, Sue ^a  

^a Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chimpanzee; Neighbor effect; Social contagion; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROOMING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMITATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 23244434860     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20133     Document Type: Article

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