Female philopatry and its social benefits among Bornean orangutans

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 823-834

  van Noordwijk, Maria A ^a   Arora, Natasha ^a   Willems, Erik P ^a   Dunkel, Lynda P ^a   Amda, Rahmalia N ^b   Mardianah, Neneng ^b   Ackermann, Corinne ^a   Krützen, Michael ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Female philopatry; Female female association; Male dispersal; Pedigree; Range overlap; Social play

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; HOMINID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84861231187     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1330-7     Document Type: Article

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