Cognitive capacities for behavioural flexibility in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): The effect of snare injury on complex manual food processing

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-28

  Stokes, Emma J ^a,b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Feeding technique; Hierarchical organization; Imitation; Injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002054501     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710100082     Document Type: Article

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