Male aggression and sexual coercion in wild West African chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-342

  Stumpf, R M ^a   Boesch, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

chimpanzee; female mate preference; male aggression; Pan troglodytes; sexual coercion; sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

COTE D'IVOIRE; TAI NATIONAL PARK;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 74649083925     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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