Food transfer between mother and infant chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 947-968

  Nishida, Toshisada ^a   Turner, Linda A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chimpanzee; food retrieval; food sharing; learning; mother infant relations

Indexed keywords

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030464656     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02735296     Document Type: Article

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