Reconciliation and consolation in captive western gorillas

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1365-1382

  Cordoni, Giada ^a   Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Tarli, Silvana Borgognini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consolation; Reconciliation; Solicited contact; Western gorilla

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PRIMATES;

EID: 33751209186     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9078-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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