A structure-based repertoire of manual gestures in wild chimpanzees: Statistical analyses of a graded communication system

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-589

  Roberts, Anna Ilona ^a,b,c   Vick, Sarah Jane ^a   Roberts, Sam George Bradley ^b,d   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Communication; Gesture; Great ape; Repertoire; Structural inventory

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84865277470     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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