Chimpanzees and bonobos differ in intrinsic motivation for tool use

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Koops, Kathelijne ^a,b   Furuichi, Takeshi ^c   Hashimoto, Chie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84935860779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11356     Document Type: Article

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