Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10971171 | Animal Behaviour | 2012 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Male chimpanzees defend group territories and sometimes kill their neighbours. ⺠Food, not females, determined when intergroup encounters occurred. ⺠Chimpanzees travelled to danger zones when food was more abundant there. ⺠Chimpanzees responded more aggressively when they had more adult males. ⺠In decisions to escalate a contest, females, infants and food did not matter as much as strength in numbers.
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Authors
Michael L. Wilson, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, Michael Wells, Richard W. Wrangham,