Male chimpanzees exchange political support for mating opportunities

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Duffy, Kimberly G ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^b   Silk, Joan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; LETTER; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 34547426337     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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