Chimpanzee feeding ecology and fallback food use in the montane forest of Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22971
Abstract: Almost all primates experience seasonal fluctuations in the availability of key food sources. However, the degree to which this fluctuation impacts foraging behavior varies considerably. Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda,… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzee; feeding ecology; montane forest; montane ... See more keywords
Prey preferences of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7633
Abstract: Abstract The common chimpanzee Pan troglodytes is the closest extant relative of modern humans and is often used as a model organism to help understand prehistoric human behavior and ecology. Originally presumed herbivorous, chimpanzees have… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzee pan; chimpanzee; pan troglodytes; ecology ... See more keywords
Relationships between captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) welfare and voluntary participation in behavioural studies.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2019.03.002
Abstract: Voluntary participation in behavioural studies offers several scientific, management, and welfare benefits to non-human primates (NHPs). Aside from the scientific benefit of increased understanding of NHP cognition, sociality, and behaviour derived from noninvasive behavioural studies,… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzee; behavioural studies; participation behavioural; relationships captive ... See more keywords
Modelling landscape connectivity change for chimpanzee conservation in Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108816
Abstract: Abstract Chimpanzees, like all great ape species, have experienced a dramatic decline in global numbers during the past decades. The degradation, fragmentation and loss of suitable habitat impede chimpanzee movements, reducing the potential for dispersal… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzee; connectivity; conservation; tanzania ... See more keywords
Field experiments find no evidence that chimpanzee nut cracking can be independently innovated.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01272-9
Abstract: Cumulative culture has been claimed a hallmark of human evolution. Yet, the uniqueness of human culture is heavily debated. The zone of latent solutions hypothesis states that only humans have cultural forms that require form-copying… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzee nut; culture; field experiments; independently innovated ... See more keywords
Declarative referential gesturing in a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2206486119
Abstract: Humans are argued to be unique in their ability and motivation to share attention with others about external entities—sharing attention for sharing’s sake. Indeed, in humans, using referential gestures declaratively to direct the attention of… read more here.
Keywords: referential gesturing; gesturing wild; declarative referential; attention ... See more keywords
Bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation in an adult female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) inducing monovision.
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DOI: 10.1111/vop.13100
Abstract: BACKGROUND Cataract is the major cause of visual impairment in humans. Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is the standard technique for cataract treatment with a high success rate. In a few cases, the surgical… read more here.
Keywords: cataract; surgery; intraocular lens; lens implantation ... See more keywords
Genetic adaptations to SIV across chimpanzee populations
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010337
Abstract: Central and eastern chimpanzees are infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in the wild, typically without developing acute immunodeficiency. Yet the recent zoonotic transmission of chimpanzee SIV to humans, which were naïve to the virus,… read more here.
Keywords: siv hiv; genetic adaptations; virus; siv ... See more keywords