Response of captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) to different housing conditions: Testing the aggression-density and coping models

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-180

  Cordoni, Giada ^a   Palagi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression model; Avoidance tactic; Captive lowland gorillas; Coping model; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Spatial density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CROWDING; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOUCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CROWDING; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOUCH;

EID: 34249079360     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.2.171     Document Type: Article

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