Copulation Calls in Female Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Convey Identity but Do Not Accurately Reflect Fertility

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 914-923

  Townsend, Simon William ^a,b,c   Deschner, Tobias ^d   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic structure; Chimpanzees; Female female competition; Information content

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE;

HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960457531     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9510-2     Document Type: Article

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