Gestural communication of the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): Repertoire, intentionality and possible origins

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-546

  Genty, Emilie ^a   Breuer, Thomas ^b,c   Hobaiter, Catherine ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Audience effects; Flexibility; Gesture; Great ape; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTURE; GORILLA; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GESTURES; GORILLA GORILLA; INTENTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349124869     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0213-4     Document Type: Article

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