Leaf processing by wild chimpanzees: Physically defended leaves reveal complex manual skills

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 673-696

  Corp, Nadia ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIAGE; HANDLING TIME; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIMATE;

TANZANIA;

FICUS ASPERIFOLIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036677243     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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