Flexible feeding on cultivated underground storage organs by rainforest-dwelling chimpanzees at Bossou, West Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Hockings, Kimberley J ^a,b,c   Anderson, James R ^c   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Centre for Research in Anthropology CRIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Fallback foods hypothesis; Hominoid evolution; Underground storage organs

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST;

BOSSOU; GUINEA;

HOMINOIDEA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 76949102586     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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