Chimps of a feather sit together: Chimpanzee friendships are based on homophily in personality

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Massen, Jorg J M ^a   Koski, Sonja E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Cooperation; Friendship; Homophily principle; Personality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN;

EID: 84891163528     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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