Core area quality is associated with variance in reproductive success among female chimpanzees at Kibale National Park

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-512

  Thompson, Melissa Emery ^a   Kahlenberg, Sonya M ^a   Gilby, Ian C ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chimpanzee; endocrinology; habitat ecology; intrasexual competition; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; ranging; reproductive ecology; reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

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

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII;

EID: 33847648520     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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