Identifying Species in Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Feces: A Methodological Lost Cause?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-807

  Phillips, Caroline A ^a,b   McGrew, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecal analysis; Gut passage rate; Macroscopic inspection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMON ANCESTRY; DIET; FECES; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT TYPE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OMNIVORY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

KANYAWARA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 84881023386     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9696-6     Document Type: Article

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