Insect prey characteristics affecting regional variation in chimpanzee tool use

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-37

  Sanz, Crickette M ^a,b   Deblauwe, Isra ^c   Tagg, Nikki ^d   Morgan, David B ^b,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^e LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrotermes; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Perforate; Puncture; Termite fish; Tool set

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; NEST STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERMITE; TOOL USE;

CAMEROON; CONGO; GOUALOUGO TRIANGLE;

HEXAPODA; HOMINOIDEA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMITINAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; CAMEROON; CONGO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; ISOPTERA; NESTING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CONGO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; ISOPTERA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84902241460     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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