Seed predation by bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Georgiev, Alexander V ^a   Thompson, Melissa Emery ^b   Lokasola, Albert Lotana ^c   Wrangham, Richard W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c c/o The Bonobo Conservation Initiative ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo; C peptide; Guibourtia demeusei; Kokolopori; Seed eating

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRUIT; HERB; PRIMATE; SEED; SEED PREDATION; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE; URINE;

ANIMALS; C-PEPTIDE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAN PANISCUS; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREES;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EQUATEUR; KOKOLOPORI BONOBO RESERVE;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; GUIBOURTIA; GUIBOURTIA DEMEUSEI; PAN; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 80053924605     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0256-4     Document Type: Article

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