Coprophagy in wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Wamba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A possibly adaptive strategy?

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-90

  Sakamaki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategy; Bonobo; Coprophagy; Inspect feces; Pan paniscus; Wamba

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COPROPHAGY; FECES; FOOD SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRIMATE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COPROPHAGY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPROPHAGIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; PAN PANISCUS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ORIENTALE; WAMBA [ORIENTALE];

DIALIUM; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 77949774070     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0167-9     Document Type: Article

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