Evidence of leopard predation on bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-217

  D'Amour, Danielle E ^a   Hohmann, Gottfried ^b   Fruth, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Democratic Republic of Congo; Leopard predation; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Salonga National Park

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FECES; PAN PANISCUS; PANTHERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FECES; PAN PANISCUS; PANTHERA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

FELIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANTHERA PARDUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33646012609     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091230     Document Type: Article

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