Factors Affecting wounding aggression in a colony of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-364

  Williams, Robert C ^a   Nash, Leanne T ^a   Scarry, Clara JoAnn ^a,b   Videan, Elaine N ^c   Fritz, Jo ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Captive management; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOO ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PAN TROGLODYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77954613309     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20263     Document Type: Article

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