Tolerant food sharing and reciprocity is precluded by despotism among bonobos but not chimpanzees

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Jaeggi, Adrian V ^a   Stevens, Jeroen M G ^b   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Food sharing; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Prosociality; Reciprocal altruism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GROOMING; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 77956127876     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21288     Document Type: Article

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