Foraging strategies as a function of season and rank among wild female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1020-1028

  Murray, Carson M ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^b   Pusey, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Dominance rank; Foraging strategies; Habitat quality; Season

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; DOMINANCE; FOOD LIMITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33749508427     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl042     Document Type: Article

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