Termite fishing by wild chimpanzees: New data from Ugalla, western Tanzania

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-40

  Stewart, Fiona A ^a   Piel, Alex K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary technology; Macrotermitinae; Material culture; Savanna chimpanzee; Tool use

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL CULTURE; PRIMATE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TERMITE; TOOL USE;

TANZANIA;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; ISOPTERA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TANZANIA; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; ISOPTERA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890871337     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-013-0362-6     Document Type: Article

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