Use of leaves as cushions to sit on wet ground by wild chimpanzees

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Hirata, Satoshi ^a   Myowa, Masako ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf cushion; Pan troglodytes; Tool use; Wild chimpanzees

Indexed keywords

CHIMPANZEE; TOOL USE;

BOSSOU; GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PAN TROGLOFYTES VERUS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0031956835     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)44:3<215::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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