Chimpanzees use tools to harvest social insects at Fongoli, Senegal

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-226

  McGrew, W C ^a   Pruetz, J D ^b   Fulton, S J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant dip; Elementary technology; Extractive foraging; Pan troglodytes; Termite fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENEGAL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENEGAL;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 23844544188     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086023     Document Type: Article

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