Token Transfers Among Great Apes (Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan paniscus, and Pan troglodytes): Species Differences, Gestural Requests, and Reciprocal Exchange

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-384

  Pelé, Marie ^a   Dufour, Valérie ^b   Thierry, Bernard ^a   Call, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

begging; exchange; great apes; reciprocity; tokens

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149097694     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017253     Document Type: Article

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