Tool use task as environmental enrichment for captive chimpanzees

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-182

  Celli, Maura L ^a   Tomonaga, Masaki ^a   Udono, Toshifumi ^b   Teramoto, Mikagu ^b   Nagano, Kunimaru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Chimpanzees; Environmental enrichment; Honey fishing; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE);

EID: 0037454428     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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