Prospects for bonobo insectivory: Lui Kotal, Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1237-1252

  McGrew, W C ^a,b   Marchant, Linda F ^b   Beuerlein, Melanie M ^b,c   Vrancken, Deirdre ^d,e   Fruth, Barbara ^e   Hohmann, Gottfried ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elementary technology; Extractive foraging; Insectivory; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECTIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL INSECT;

AFRICA; BANDUNDU; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; LUI KOTAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOMMA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 38549099159     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9215-8     Document Type: Article

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