Social instability raises the stakes during social grooming among wild male chimpanzees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-527

  Kaburu, Stefano S K ^a   Newton Fisher, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Cooperation; Mahale; Pan troglodytes; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROOMING; INVESTMENT; MALE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84882895996     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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