Carrying and Washing of Grass Roots by Free-Ranging Japanese Macaques at Katsuyama

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Nakamichi, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Eiko ^a   Kojima, Yasuo ^a   Itoigawa, Naosuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economical behaviour; Feeding behaviour; Japanese macaque; Macaca fuscata; Tool use; Washing of food

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031612025     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021561     Document Type: Article

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