Tool use in wild orang-utans modifies sound production: A functionally deceptive innovation?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3689-3694

  Hardus, Madeleine E ^a,b   Lameira, Adriano R ^a,b   Van Schaik, Carel P ^c   Wich, Serge A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Culture; Deception; Innovation; Orang utan; Sound; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; CULTURE; INNOVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; SONG; SUBSISTENCE; TOOL USE; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70350218877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1027     Document Type: Article

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