Acquisition of fission-fusion social organization in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) community released into the wild

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-360

  Le Hellaye, Yann ^a   Goossens, Benoît ^b   Jamart, Aliette ^c   Curtis, Deborah J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Habitat Ecologique et Liberté des Primates ^*  (Congo)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Fission fusion social organization; Reintroduction; Social plasticity

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CONGO; CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 75549087017     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0851-1     Document Type: Article

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