Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Disturbing behaviors of the orangutan. |
| Authors: |
Maggioncalda, Anne Nacey, Sapolsky, Robert M. |
| Source: |
Scientific American. Jun2002, Vol. 286 Issue 6, p60-65. 6p. 6 Color Photographs, 1 Map. |
| Subjects: |
BORNEAN orangutan, APES, ANIMAL social behavior, ANIMAL sexual behavior |
| Geographic Terms: |
SOUTHEAST Asia |
| Abstract: |
Discusses research on the orangutan, or Pongo pygmaeus, which lives in the forest canopies of the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Evolutionary strategy pursued by these great apes; Indication that the cause of arrested development of some adolescent males is in the primate's social environment; Topics of growth hormones, stress, affiliative relationships, reproductive strategies, and forcible copulation among orangutans. |
| Database: |
MAS Ultra - School Edition |
