Is honey a fallback food for wild chimpanzees or just a sweet treat?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 685-695

  McLennan, Matthew R ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extractive foraging; insectivory; Pan troglodytes; seasonality; tool use

Indexed keywords

PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APINI; ARTICLE; BEE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOWER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGER; FORAGING; FRUIT; HONEY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHENOLOGY; STINGLESS BEE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UGANDA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; DIET; ECOLOGY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; FRUIT; HONEY; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84983160876     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22824     Document Type: Article

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