Use of a tool-set by Pan troglodytes troglodytes to obtain termites (Macrotermes) in the periphery of the Dja Biosphere Reserve, southeast Cameroon

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1191-1196

  Deblauwe, Isra ^a,b   Guislain, Patrick ^c   Dupain, Jef ^d   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Zoological Society of Milwaukee   (United States)

^d AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Culture; Macrotermes; Southeastern Cameroon; Tool set

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; TERMITE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES LILLJEBORGI; MACROTERMES MUELLERI; MACROTERMES NOBILIS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33845433758     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20318     Document Type: Article

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