Ethogram and ethnography of Mahale chimpanzees

Anthropological Science

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-188

  Nishida, Toshisada ^a   Kano, Takayoshi ^a   Goodall, Jane ^c   McGrew, William C ^b   Nakamura, Michio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behavior; Chimpanzee; Culture; Ethogram; Mahale Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033420792     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.107.141     Document Type: Article

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