Use of gesture sequences in captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) play

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-481

  McCarthy, Maureen S ^a,b   Jensvold, Mary Lee Abshire ^b   Fouts, Deborah H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional state; Chimpanzee; Gestural communication; Gesture sequence

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876071195     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0587-6     Document Type: Article

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