Alpha male chimpanzee grooming patterns: Implications for dominance "style"

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-144

  Foster, M W ^a,b,d   Gilby, I C ^c   Murray, C M ^a,b   Johnson, A ^b   Wroblewski, E E ^b   Pusey, A E ^b  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha male; Body mass; Chimpanzee; Dominance style; Grooming

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; DOMINANCE; GROOMING; HOMINID; MALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROOMING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GROOMING; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; TANZANIA;

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

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 59449110788     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20632     Document Type: Article

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