Reciprocity and trades in wild West African chimpanzees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2183-2196

  Gomes, Cristina M ^a,b   Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Grooming; Meat sharing; Reciprocity; Sex; Support; Trades

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HELPING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

ANIMALIA; PAN;

EID: 80053972709     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1227-x     Document Type: Article

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