Do chimpanzees build comfortable nests?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 930-939

  Stewart, Fiona A ^a,b,d   Pruetz, Jill D ^c   Hansell, Mike H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed; Building; Chimpanzee; Comfort; Nest; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; NESTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SLEEP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 34548049044     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20432     Document Type: Article

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