Female gregariousness in Western Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) is influenced by resource aggregation and the number of females in estrus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1097-1111

  Wittiger, Livia ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association patterns; Females; Pan troglodytes verus; Party size; Resource aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COTE D'IVOIRE; TAI NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 84878898254     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1534-5     Document Type: Article

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