On the possible adaptive value of coprophagy in free-ranging chimpanzees

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-145

  Krief, Sabrina ^a   Jamart, Aliette ^b   Hladik, Claude Marcel ^a  

^a Université Diderot Paris 7   (France)

^b HELP Congo ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

Coprophagy; Dialium spp.; Feeding behavior; Pan troglodytes troglodytes

Indexed keywords

COPROPHAGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; COPROPHAGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEGUME; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONGO; COPROPHAGIA; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEASONS; SEEDS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DIALIUM; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 2442562587     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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