Emergence, propagation or disappearance of novel behavioral patterns in the habituated chimpanzees of Mahale: A review

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Nishida, Toshisada ^a   Matsusaka, Takahisa ^a   McGrew, William C ^b  

^a JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Idiosyncrasy; Innovation; Learning; Mahale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INNOVATION; LEARNING; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROOMING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; GROOMING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PAN;

EID: 59149093525     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0109-y     Document Type: Review

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