Use of tool sets by chimpanzees for multiple purposes in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-472

  Wilfried, Ebang Ella Ghislain ^a   Yamagiwa, Juichi ^b  

^a Masuku University USTM   (Gabon)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honey extraction; Mammal predation; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Tool set

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

GABON; MOUKALABA-DOUDOU NATIONAL PARK;

ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MELIPONINAE; MELIPONULA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GABON; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GABON; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84919396562     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: 16107365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-014-0431-5     Document Type: Article

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