Flexible and persistent tool-using strategies in honey-gathering by wild chimpanzees

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-427

  Sanz, Crickette M ^a   Morgan, David B ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Congo Basin; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Serial tool use; Tool set; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITUATION; HONEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; GOUALOUGO TRIANGLE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APOIDEA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67349226842     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9350-5     Document Type: Article

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