Brief Communication: Orphaned male Chimpanzees die young even after weaning

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-143

  Nakamura, Michio ^a   Hayaki, Hitoshige ^b   Hosaka, Kazuhiko ^c   Itoh, Noriko ^a   Zamma, Koichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAMAKURA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mahale; male philopatric society; offspring survival; Pan troglodytes; parental care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DEATH; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORPHANED CHILD; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARENT; PHILOPATRIC SOCIETY; PROGENY; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; WEANING;

MAHALE; MALE-PHILOPATRIC SOCIETY; OFFSPRING SURVIVAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEANING;

EID: 84890123782     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22411     Document Type: Article

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