Book contents
- Mahale Chimpanzees50 Years of Research
- Mahale Chimpanzees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History and overview
- Part II Social organization
- Part III Ecology
- Part IV Feeding
- 17 Diet and feeding behavior
- 18 Taste of chimpanzee foods*
- 19 Seeds from feces: implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses
- 20 Hunting and food sharing
- 21 Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna: with special reference to plant–insect relationships
- Part V Life history and health
- Part VI Social relations
- Part VII Social behavior
- Part VIII Behavioral diversity
- Part IX From field to lab
- Part X People and chimpanzees
- Appendices
- Index of chimpanzees’ names
- Subject index
- References
18 - Taste of chimpanzee foods*
from Part IV - Feeding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2015
Book contents
- Mahale Chimpanzees50 Years of Research
- Mahale Chimpanzees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History and overview
- Part II Social organization
- Part III Ecology
- Part IV Feeding
- 17 Diet and feeding behavior
- 18 Taste of chimpanzee foods*
- 19 Seeds from feces: implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses
- 20 Hunting and food sharing
- 21 Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna: with special reference to plant–insect relationships
- Part V Life history and health
- Part VI Social relations
- Part VII Social behavior
- Part VIII Behavioral diversity
- Part IX From field to lab
- Part X People and chimpanzees
- Appendices
- Index of chimpanzees’ names
- Subject index
- References
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