Proximate factors influencing dispersal decisions in male mountain gorillas, Gorilla beringei beringei

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1155-1164

  Stoinski, Tara S ^a,b   Vecellio, Veronica ^a   Ngaboyamahina, Theogene ^a   Ndagijimana, Felix ^a   Rosenbaum, Stacy ^a   Fawcett, Kathryn A ^a  

^a Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; concession; dispersal; Gorilla beringei beringei; philopatry; relatedness; reproductive opportunity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; COPULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; LUINA;

EID: 64549153565     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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