Infanticide and social flexibility in the genus Gorilla

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-303

  Yamagiwa, Juichi ^a   Kahekwa, John ^b   Basabose, Augustin Kanyunyi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Parc National de Kahuzi Biega   (Congo)

^c Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles   (Congo)

Author keywords

Environmental changes; Gorilla; Infanticide; Male reproductive tactics; Multi female transfer; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INFANTICIDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SUCKLING; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GORILLA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK; MBELI BAI; NORD KIVU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUD KIVU; VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 70349427004     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0163-0     Document Type: Review

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