Food calling by captive bonobos (Pan paniscus): An experiment

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-217

  Van Krunkelsven, E ^a   Dupain, J ^a   Van Elsacker, L ^b   Verheyen, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bonobo, vocalization, food calls, food competition; Pan paniscus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005629129     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02735448     Document Type: Article

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