Constructive and deconstructive tool modification by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Bania, Amanda E ^a   Harris, Stephany ^a   Kinsley, Hannah R ^a   Boysen, Sarah T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Chimpanzees; Cognition; Primate; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 58549083748     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0173-0     Document Type: Article

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