Female competition in chimpanzees

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Pusey, Anne E ^a   Schroepfer Walker, Kara ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression to immigrants; Dominance; Female transfer; Infanticide; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORRELATION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; MAMMAL; PARENTAL CARE; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGGRESSION TO IMMIGRANTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; NEWBORN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE COMPETITION; REVIEW;

AGGRESSION TO IMMIGRANTS; DOMINANCE; FEMALE TRANSFER; INFANTICIDE; RESOURCE COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84886575702     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0077     Document Type: Review

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