An experimental, comparative investigation of tool use in chimpanzees and gorillas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1119-1126

  Lonsdorf, E V ^a,b   Ross, S R ^a   Linick, S A ^a   Milstein, M S ^a   Melber, T N ^a  

^a Fisher Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

chimpanzee; gorilla; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Pan troglodytes; social structure; tool use

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CAPTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; ISOPTERA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 64549130406     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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