Post-conflict third-party affiliation in chimpanzees: What's in it for the third party?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-418

  Koski, Sonja E ^a,b   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Conflict management; Empathy; Pan troglodytes; Self protection; Third party affiliation

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PRIMATE;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67449097758     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20668     Document Type: Article

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