Human activity negatively affects stone tool-using Burmese long-tailed macaques Macaca fascicularis aurea in Laem Son National Park, Thailand

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Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 535-543

  Gumert, Michael D ^a   Hamada, Yuzuru ^b   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Animal tradition; coastal environment; domestic dog; habitat disturbance; long tailed macaque; Macaca fascicularis aurea; Thailand; tool use

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANID; COASTAL ZONE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING MECHANISM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEARNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL; TOOL USE;

LAEM SON NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84885015060     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000130     Document Type: Article

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