Analysis of geophagy soils in Kibale Forest, Uganda

Primates

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-176

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Milner, Michael W ^a   Sanmugadas, Kandiah ^a   Hancock, R G V ^b   Aufreiter, Susan ^b   Wrangham, Richard ^c   Pier, Harold W ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical and mineral ecology; Chimpanzees; Geophagy; Zoo pharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

CHIMPANZEE; GEOPHAGY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

UGANDA, KIBALE FOREST;

EID: 0031428390     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02382006     Document Type: Article

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