Demographic influences on the behavior of chimpanzees

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Mitani, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chimpanzee; Demography; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; NGOGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 31144476809     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0139-7     Document Type: Article

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