Play in adult bonobos (Pan paniscus): Modality and potential meaning

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Paoli, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affinitive behaviors; Contact play; Locomotor rotational play; Play signals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLAY; ROTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 34548782186     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20657     Document Type: Article

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