Arboreal nesting as anti-predator adaptation by savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Southeastern Senegal

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Pruetz, Jill D ^a   Fulton, S J ^b   Marchant, L F ^b   Mcgrew, W C ^c   Schiel, M ^a   Waller, M ^a,d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Great apes; Hominoid; Nest; Predation; Savanna woodland

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NESTING; PRIMATE; SAVANNA; SLEEP;

AFRICA; ASSIRIK; NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAMBACOUNDA; WEST AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PRIMATES; SESAMUM INDICUM; SIMIIFORMES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SENEGAL; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENEGAL; TREES;

EID: 44449085024     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20508     Document Type: Article

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