Oil palm use by adjacent communities of chimpanzees at Bossou and Nimba Mountains, West Africa

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 551-581

  Humle, Tatyana ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Elaeis guineensis; Elementary technology; Feeding ecology; Pan troglodytes verus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OIL; PRIMATE; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA; BOSSOU; COTE D'IVOIRE; GUINEA; SERINGBARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; YEALE;

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; NIMBA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 3442888062     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000023575.93644.f4     Document Type: Article

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