Apes finding ants: Predator-prey dynamics in a chimpanzee habitat in Nigeria

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1231-1244

  Pascual Garrido, Alejandra ^a,b,c   Umaru, Buba ^c,d   Allon, Oliver ^c,e   Sommer, Volker ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Gashaka Primate Project   (Nigeria)

^d TARABA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Army ants; Chimpanzee; Insectivory; Predation; Primate archaeology

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; HARVESTING; INSECTIVORY; LIFESTYLE; NESTING; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

GASHAKA; NIGERIA; TARABA;

FORMICIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARMY ANTS; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORY; NIGERIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIMATE ARCHAEOLOGY;

ARMY ANTS; CHIMPANZEE; INSECTIVORY; PREDATION; PRIMATE ARCHAEOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NIGERIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885428240     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22187     Document Type: Article

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