The structure of social relationships among captive female Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-53

  Bashaw, Meredith J ^a,b,c,d   Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^b   Maple, Terry L ^b   Bercovitch, Fred B ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive female giraffes; Matrix correlation; Relationship; Social preference; Social relationship structure; Symmetry; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33847615782     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.1.46     Document Type: Article

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