Seed handling in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius): Implications for understanding hominoid and cercopithecine fruit-processing strategies and seed dispersal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-386

  Lambert, Joanna E ^a,b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Digestion; Frugivory; Guenons; Kibale National Park, Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIGESTION; DISPERSION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; MALE; MONKEY; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SWALLOWING; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEEDS; UGANDA;

EID: 0033035424     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199907)109:3<365::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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