The number of cultural traits is correlated with female group size but not with male group size in chimpanzee communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lind, Johan ^a   Lindenfors, Patrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79251518426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009241     Document Type: Article

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