Chimpanzees prey on army ants at Seringbara, Nimba Mountains, Guinea: Predation patterns and tool use characteristics

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-329

  Koops, Kathelijne ^a   Schöning, Caspar ^b   Mcgrew, William C ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant dip; Army ants; Chimpanzee; Insectivory; Tool use

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; INSECTIVORE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFALL; SOCIAL INSECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOOL USE;

GUINEA; SERINGBARA;

ALCHORNEA; DORYLUS NIGRICANS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HIRTELLA; NIMBA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

ANIMAL; ANT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUINEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RAIN FOREST; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUINEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAINFOREST; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84923032844     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22347     Document Type: Article

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