New insights into chimpanzees, tools, and termites from the Congo basin

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-581

  Sanz, Crickette ^a,b   Morgan, Dave ^c,d   Gulick, Steve ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society   (Congo)

^e Wildland Security ^*

Author keywords

Fishing; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Perforating; Puncturing; Termite predation; Tool use

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PRIMATE; TERMITE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; NESTING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TOOL USE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CONGO; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GOUALOUGO TRIANGLE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HOMINOIDEA; ISOPTERA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 8744274332     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424803     Document Type: Article

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