Preliminary report on predatory behavior and meat sharing in tschego chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the Ndoki forest, Northern Congo

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Kuroda, Suehisa ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^b   Nishihara, Tomoaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food sharing; Ndoki Forest; Pan t. troglodytes; Predation; Tool using

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; SCIURIDAE; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0009841636     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381857     Document Type: Article

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