Tool-set for termite-fishing and honey extraction by wild chimpanzees in the Lossi forest, Congo

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 619-627

  Bermejo, Magdalena ^a,b   Illera, German ^a  

^a Cellule de Coordination ^*

^b ECOFAC   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Bees; Chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Termites; Tool set; Tool use

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; TERMITE; TOOL USE;

CONGO; LOSSI FOREST;

APOIDEA; ISOPTERA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0033369132     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02574837     Document Type: Article

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