Macroscopic inspection of ape feces: What's in a quantification method?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 539-550

  Phillips, Caroline A ^a,b   Mcgrew, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Diet; Fecal; Methodology

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; DIET; ETHOLOGY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DIET; ETHOLOGY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84899911349     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22246     Document Type: Article

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