Umaru Buba
Biographic Data
| ID | 5207388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umaru Buba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umaru |
| FAMILY NAME | Buba |
| SIGNATURE | BUBA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gashaka Primate Project Serti 663 001 Taraba State Nigeria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sustained myrmecophagy in Nigerian chimpanzees: Preferred or fallback food
OBJECTIVE: At some sites across Africa, chimpanzees consume army ants, often aided by plant tools, although consumption frequencies vary greatly. Other populations do not eat these insects at all, despite apparent abundance. The relative importance of this type of myrmecophagy for chimpanzee diet therefore remains unclear. We investigate if army ants constitute a preferred food or a fallback resource for chimpanzees at Gashaka, Nigeria, where arm…
Sustained myrmecophagy in Nigerian chimpanzees: Preferred or fallback food
OBJECTIVE: At some sites across Africa, chimpanzees consume army ants, often aided by plant tools, although consumption frequencies vary greatly. Other populations do not eat these insects at all, despite apparent abundance. The relative importance of this type of myrmecophagy for chimpanzee diet therefore remains unclear. We investigate if army ants constitute a preferred food or a fallback resource for chimpanzees at Gashaka, Nigeria, where arm…
Sustained myrmecophagy in Nigerian chimpanzees: Preferred or fallback food
OBJECTIVE: At some sites across Africa, chimpanzees consume army ants, often aided by plant tools, although consumption frequencies vary greatly. Other populations do not eat these insects at all, despite apparent abundance. The relative importance of this type of myrmecophagy for chimpanzee diet therefore remains unclear. We investigate if army ants constitute a preferred food or a fallback resource for chimpanzees at Gashaka, Nigeria, where arm…
Abundance (ecology) (1 works) · ANT (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Feces (1 works) · Nutrient (1 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (1 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (1 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (1 works)