Social dynamics among females and their influence on social structure in an East African chimpanzee community

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1303-1313

  Wakefield, Monica L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative interaction; Association pattern; Chimpanzee social structure; Female social relationship; Grooming; Pan troglodytes; Social bond; Social network

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FEMALE; HOMINID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84879255662     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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