Ecological and social influences on the hunting behaviour of wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-180

  Gilby, Ian C ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^b   Pintea, Lilian ^a   Pusey, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; HUNTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS;

EID: 33745244791     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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