An Empirical and Theoretical Comparison of the Socio-ecological Behaviors of Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Bonobos (Pan paniscus), and Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla): Social Tolerance and Behavioral Responses to Changes in Food Qualit

............................................................................................3-4 1-Introduction and Background.......................................................5-7 2-Social and Ecological Comparisons A) Ecology...........................................................................7-8 B) Sociality.........................................................................8-10 C) The significance of sympatry....................................11-13 D) The importance of captive studies..........................14-15 Behavioral Hypotheses....................................................15-16 Behavioral Methods.........................................................16-22 Results................................................................................22-23 Discussion..........................................................................23-30 3Ecological Modeling Introduction......................................................................30-33 Dubois et. al’s (2003) model...........................................33-37 Further exploration of the Dubois model.....................37-38 Methods..............................................................38-39 Results.................................................................39-40 Discussion...........................................................40-43 Adding onto the Dubois model......................................43-44 Model and Results..............................................44-45 Discussion............................................................45-46 Summary.........................................................................................47-48 Integration of Thesis Research.....................................................48-49 Acknowledgements.............................................................................49 Tables and Figures..........................................................................50-59 Literature Cited...............................................................................60-65