Fruit sharing between wild adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): A socially significant event?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-391

  Slocombe, Katie E ^a,c   Newton Fisher, Nicholas E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Budongo Forest Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Food sharing; Pan troglodytes; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; UGANDA; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; UGANDA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 19844364796     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20123     Document Type: Article

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