Marine prey processed with stone tools by burmese long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea) in intertidal habitats

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-457

  Gumert, Michael D ^a   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

coastal foraging; diet; lithic culture; Thailand; tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; COASTAL WATERS; CRUSTACEA; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD ORGANISM; FORAGING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUT; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; SACCOSTREA CUCULLATA; SNAIL; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPODS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOLLUSCA; NUTS; SEAFOOD; THAILAND; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867574434     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22143     Document Type: Article

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