Living at the interface: Human-chimpanzee competition, coexistence and conflict in Africa

Interaction Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-205

  Hockings, Kimberley Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Coexistence; Conflict; Crop raiding; Human wildlife interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349324176     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.10.2.05hoc     Document Type: Article

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