Dietary responses to fruit scarcity of wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea: Possible implications for ecological importance of tool use

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-295

  Yamakoshi, Gen ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Keystone resources; Nut cracking; Oil palm; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; FRUIT; GUINEA-BISSAU; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0031844001     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199807)106:3<283::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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