Reconciliation, consolation and postconflict behavioral specificity in chimpanzees

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1114-1123

  Fraser, Orlaith N ^a   Aureli, Filippo ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Consolation; Postconflict; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRIMATE; ZOO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; EMPATHY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; LINEAR MODELS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHESHIRE; CHESTER [CHESHIRE]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; PAN;

EID: 57349182286     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20608     Document Type: Article

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