A cross-setting study of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality structure and development: Zoological parks and Yerkes National Primate Research Center

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1264-1277

  Weiss, Alexander ^a   King, James E ^b   Hopkins, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chimpanzee; Five factor model; Laboratory; Sex; Zoo

Indexed keywords

AGE; DOMINANCE; GENDER; HOMINID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ZOO;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 35649000484     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20428     Document Type: Article

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