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Variation In Parenting Style In A Captive Group Of Western Lowlands Gorillas, Ana E. Fernandez
Variation In Parenting Style In A Captive Group Of Western Lowlands Gorillas, Ana E. Fernandez
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Parenting styles were examined in a group of western lowland gorillas to determine the relationship between parenting style and multiple births with a single individual. Another interest in this study was on varying ways that motherhood can be approached, with partial attention to the relationship between parenting style and social rank. Observational data was collected by means of focal animal sampling and used to analyze contact behaviors in mother-infant relationship. Results indicated that parenting style stayed consistent within the same mother, but different between mothers.