Ground-nesting by the chimpanzees of the Nimba Mountains, Guinea: Environmentally or socially determined?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-419

  Koops, Kathelijne ^a,e   Humle, Tatyana ^b   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a,c   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA analyses; Ground nesting; Nimba Mountains; Pan troglodytes verus

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DNA; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GUINEA; HAIR; MALE; NESTING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREE;

AMELOGENIN; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GUINEA; HAIR; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX FACTORS; TREES;

AFRICA; GUINEA; NIMBA RANGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

NIMBA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 34047133817     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20358     Document Type: Article

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