Laterality of hand use pays off in foraging success for wild chimpanzees

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 509-513

  McGrew, W C ^a   Marchant, L F ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Handedness; Laterality; Pan troglodytes; Tool use

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HANDEDNESS; PRIMATE;

GOMBE; TANZANIA;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032750004     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557586     Document Type: Article

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