Demographic influences on the hunting behavior of chimpanzees

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-454

  Mitani, John C ^a   Watts, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pan troglodytes; Predation; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBUS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 0032789837     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199908)109:4<439::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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