An unusual incident of adoption in a wild chimpanzee (pan troglodytes) population at Gombe National Park

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 995-998

  Wroblewski, Emily E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Allomaternal behavior; Chimpanzee; Gombe national park

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; MATERNAL CARE; NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 51349150029     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20582     Document Type: Article

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