Vocal, gestural and locomotor responses of wild chimpanzees to familiar and unfamiliar intruders: a playback study

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1389-1396

  Herbinger, Ilka ^a,c   Papworth, Sarah ^b   Boesch, Christophe ^a,c   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Wild Chimpanzee Foundation Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; cooperation; intergroup conflict; Pan troglodytes verus; pant hoots; territoriality; violence; vocal recognition; West African chimpanzee; xenophobia

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; VOCALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAI NATIONAL PARK; WEST AFRICA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 70649092059     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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