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  • Articles: DFG German National Licenses  (2)
  • Chimpanzees  (1)
  • Diet  (1)
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    Termite fauna related to differences in tool-use between groups of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (1987)
    Springer
    Primates 28 (1987), S. 457-471 
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    ISSN: 0032-8332
    Keywords: Chimpanzees ; Termites ; Tool-use ; Culture ; Mahale ; Gombe
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Nishida andUehara have contrasted two groups of chimpanzees at the Mahale Mountains in their manner of obtaining termites for food. K-group very rarely used tools, but evidence suggested that B-group did so regularly to fish forMacrotermes. They suggested that this difference was not a cultural one, but was explained by the absence ofMacrotermes in K-group's range. We attempted to test this hypothesis, and here examine the termite fauna in the ranges of the two groups. Our data confirm that termite-fishing was contingent upon the presence ofMacrotermes in B-group's range, and that cultural explanations are not necessary to explain the rarity of tool use by K-group, which instead could catchPseudacanthotermes without using tools. Comparison of the termite faunas in the ranges of K-group, of B-group, and of the chimpanzees at Gombe, suggest that, apart fromMacrotermes, two genera might be the main alternative prey:Pseudacanthotermes, which could be more commonly included in the diet at Gombe, and might also be eaten by B-group, andCubitermes which is available at both these sites.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02380861
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    Chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) choice of prey among termites (macrotermitinae) in western Tanzania (1985)
    Springer
    Primates 26 (1985), S. 375-389 
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    ISSN: 0032-8332
    Keywords: Chimpanzee ; Pan troglodytes ; Diet ; Prey choice ; Termite
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract This study examines factors affecting chimpanzees' preying on termites, especially their choice of prey species. Regular surveys of a large sample of termite-mounds in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania, confirmed that chimpanzees of B Group obtainedMacrotermes, which were relatively uncommon, by the use of fishing-tools, but ignored the much more abundantOdontotermes. This preference appeared to reflectMacrotermes' more extended swarming period, greater accessibility, larger size, and less noxious taste than the soldiers ofOdontotermes. Similar factors probably underly the chimpanzees' choice ofMacrotermes at Gombe, butPseudacanthotermes spiniger are also common there, and their absence from the diet is less easily explained. In contrast, the chimpanzees of K Group at Mahale prey mainly onP. spiniger;Macrotermes are apparently absent, andP. spiniger appear to be more abundant, accessible, and palatable than the alternativeOdontotermes.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02382454
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