New evidence for leaf swallowing and Oesophagostomum infection in bonobos (Pan paniscus)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1053-1062

  Dupain, Jef ^a,b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,c   Nell, Carlos ^d   Garcia, Paola ^e   Ponce, Francisco ^e   Huffman, Michael A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaf swallowing; Oesophagostomum stephanostomum; Pan paniscus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIMATE;

CONGO;

OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM STEPHANOSTOMUM; PAN (APE); PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; PRIMATES; STEPHANOSTOMUM; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0036779377     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019697915897     Document Type: Article

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