Grooming network cohesion and the role of individuals in a captive chimpanzee group

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 758-767

  Kanngiesser, Patricia ^a,b   Sueur, Cédric ^c,d   Riedl, Katrin ^b   Grossmann, Johannes ^b   Call, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Betweenness; Grooming; Primates; Resiliency; Social network

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROOMING; KINSHIP; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79959534944     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20914     Document Type: Article

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