Begging for information: Mother-offspring food sharing among wild bornean orangutans

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-541

  Jaeggi, Adrian V ^a   Van Noordwijk, Maria A ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Food processing; Food transfer; Great apes; Parental investment; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; HOMINID; LEARNING; MATERNAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BORNEO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 51649102587     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20525     Document Type: Article

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