Comparing maternal styles in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Studies on Cereopithecine primate maternal styles, using factor analysis on a set of maternal behaviors, commonly render two factors that describe separate dimensions of maternal behavior: protectiveness and rejection. The aims of this study were to 1) investigate whether this method for determining maternal styles in Cercopithecine species can be applied to bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 2) determine whether they ...