Probable community transfer of parous adult female chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1601-1617

  Emery Thompson, M ^a,d   Newton Fisher, N E ^b,d   Reynolds, V ^c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Budongo Forest Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Female transfer; Immigration; Ranging patterns; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FIELD METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; IMMIGRATION; INFANTICIDE; PRIMATE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; BUDONGO FOREST; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33845601665     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9098-0     Document Type: Article

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