How to crack nuts: Acquisition process in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) observing a model

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Hirata, Satoshi ^a   Morimura, Naruki ^b   Houki, Chiharu ^c  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Combinatory manipulation; Nut cracking; Tool use

Indexed keywords

MACADAMIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893646588     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0275-3     Document Type: Article

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