Use and manufacture of tools to extract food by captive Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Experimental approach

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Pouydebat, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Berge, Christine ^a   Gorce, Philippe ^b   Coppens, Yves ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Extractive foraging; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Tool manufacture; Tool use

Indexed keywords

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GORILLA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GORILLA GORILLA; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 20344364175     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084381     Document Type: Article

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