Evidence for cultural differences between neighboring chimpanzee communities

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 922-926

  Luncz, Lydia V ^a   Mundry, Roger ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; COULA EDULIS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 84861532092     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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