Social structures in pan paniscus: Testing the female bonding hypothesis

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-217

  Stevens, Jeroen M G ^a,b   Vervaecke, Hilde ^a,b   de Vries, Han ^c   van Elsacker, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Captivity; Coalitions; Grooming; Pan paniscus; Social bonding

Indexed keywords

PAN PANISCUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN PANISCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747333141     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0177-1     Document Type: Article

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