Factors underlying party size differences between chimpanzees and bonobos: A review and hypotheses for future study

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-209

  Furuichi, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Female cohesiveness; Fission fusion grouping; Party size; Refugia forest

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67650642314     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0141-6     Document Type: Review

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