Elemental variation in the termite fishing of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 634-637

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Congo basin; Technology; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMINID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERMITE; TOOL USE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CONGO BASIN;

ISOPTERA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 80051694249     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0088     Document Type: Article

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