Competing for space: Female chimpanzees are more aggressive inside than outside their core areas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Miller, Jordan A ^a   Pusey, Anne E ^b   Gilby, Ian C ^b   Schroepfer Walker, Kara ^b   Markham, A Catherine ^a   Murray, Carson M ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chimpanzee; Foraging; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; Resource competition; Space use; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887663066     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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