A case report of a novel type of stick use by wild chimpanzees

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-201

  Nishimura, Takeshi ^a   Okayasu, Naobi ^b   Hamada, Yuzuru ^a   Yamagiwa, Juichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Projet de Protection des Gorilles   (France)

Author keywords

Fallen trunk; Gabon; Moukalaba Reserve; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Tool use

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

GABON; MOUKALABA RESERVE;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GABON; PAN TROGLODYTES; TECHNOLOGY; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GABON; PAN TROGLODYTES; TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 0043009832     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-002-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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