Responses of chimpanzees to a recently dead community member at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Stewart, Fiona Anne ^a   Piel, Alexander Kenneth ^b   O' Malley, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Death; Gombe; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

PAN;

EID: 81955161866     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20994     Document Type: Note

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