Comparative microbial analysis and clay mineralogy of soils eaten by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-203

  Ketch, L A ^a,d   Malloch, D ^a   Mahaney, W C ^b   Huffman, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Geophagy; Gombe; Mahale; Microorganisms; Termites

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLAY SOIL; CLAY; DILUTION PLATE METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALOGY; SELF MEDICATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TANZANIA; TERMITE;

CLAY SOIL; GEOPHAGY; PRIMATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

TANZANIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ISOPTERA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0035130190     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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