Natural history of Camponotus ant-fishing by the M group chimpanzees at the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-342

  Nishie, Hitonaru ^a  

^a WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant fishing; Camponotus; Chimpanzee; Culture; Mahale; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS BRUTUS; FORMICIDAE; PAN;

EID: 80053923611     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0270-6     Document Type: Article

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