Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

Nature

Volumn 513, Issue 7518, 2014, Pages 414-417

  Wilson, Michael L ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Fruth, Barbara ^c,d   Furuichi, Takeshi ^e   Gilby, Ian C ^f,g   Hashimoto, Chie ^e   Hobaiter, Catherine L ^h   Hohmann, Gottfried ^b   Itoh, Noriko ^e   Koops, Kathelijne ⁱ   Lloyd, Julia N ^j   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^e,k   Mitani, John C ^l   Mjungu, Deus C ^m   Morgan, David ⁿ   Muller, Martin N ^o   Mundry, Roger ^b   Nakamura, Michio ^e   Pruetz, Jill ^p   Pusey, Anne E ^f   Riedel, Julia ^b   Sanz, Crickette ^q   Schel, Anne M ^r   Simmons, Nicole ^j   Waller, Michel ^s   Watts, David P ^t   White, Frances ^s   Wittig, Roman M ^b   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^h,u   Wrangham, Richard W ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^k Japan Monkey Center   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

ⁿ Fisher Center   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^p IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^t YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^v HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSPECIFIC; DATA ACQUISITION; FITNESS; HOMINID; HUNTING; MALE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WILD ANIMAL;

PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

AFRICA; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84907762429     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13727     Document Type: Article

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