Chimpanzee insectivory in the northern half of Uganda's Rift Valley: Do Bulindi chimpanzees conform to a regional pattern?

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-178

  McLennan, Matthew R ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Bees; Geographic variation; Insect foraging; Pan troglodytes; Seasonality; Tool use

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; TOOL USE;

BUDONGO FOREST; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; OECOPHYLLA LONGINODA; OECOPHYLLINI; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; UGANDA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; UGANDA;

EID: 84897569668     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-014-0408-4     Document Type: Article

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