Leave or conceive: natal dispersal and philopatry of female mountain gorillas in the Virunga volcano region

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-838

  Robbins, Andrew M ^a   Stoinski, Tara ^b   Fawcett, Katie ^b   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

Author keywords

female transfer; Gorilla gorilla beringei; inbreeding; infanticide; mountain gorilla; natal dispersal

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INFANTICIDE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 62149111838     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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