Mineralogical and chemical interactions of soils eaten by chimpanzees of the mahale mountains and gombe stream national parks, Tanzania

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 285-311

  Aufreiter, Susanne ^e   Mahaney, William C ^a   Milner, Michael W ^a   Huffman, Michael A ^b   Hancock, Ronald G V ^c   Wink, Michael ^d   Reich, Matthias ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adsorption; Geophagy; Health maintenance; Iron; Surface chemistry; Termite mounds; XPS

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ELEMENT; ISOTOPE; MINERAL;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHIMPANZEE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; TANZANIA;

ADSORPTION; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; COLOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; ISOPTERA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0035008748     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005628405321     Document Type: Article

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