Orangutan leaf-carrying for nest-building: Toward unraveling cultural processes

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-202

  Russon, Anne E ^a   Handayani, Dwi Putri ^b   Kuncoro, Purwo ^b   Ferisa, Agnes ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nyaru Menteng Arboretum ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cultures; Nesting; Orangutans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TREES;

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33947539092     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0058-z     Document Type: Article

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