New records on prey capture and meat eating by bonobos at Lui Kotale, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Hohmann, Gottfried ^a   Fruth, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Carnivory; Chimpanzee; Food sharing; Meat eating; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Prey capture; Salonga National Park

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; PAN PANISCUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATES;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 38549120037     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110679     Document Type: Article

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