Peaceful Post-Conflict Interactions Between Aggressors and Bystanders in captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 949-955

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Chiarugi, Elena ^a   Cordoni, Giada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressors; Bystanders; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Kinship; Triadic interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMINID; KINSHIP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 53549090159     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20587     Document Type: Article

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