Sex differences in the steepness of dominance hierarchies in captive bonobo groups

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1417-1430

  Stevens, Jeroen M G ^a,b   Vervaecke, Hilde ^d   De Vries, Han ^c   Van Elsacker, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Group of Ethology and Animal Welfare   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Despotism; Dominance; Egalitarianism; Pan paniscus

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 37249031026     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9186-9     Document Type: Article

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