Chimpanzees adapt their foraging behavior to avoid human contact
UBLIC RELEASE: 30-MAY-2017
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Research by PhD candidate Nicola Bryson-Morrison from the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) suggests chimpanzees are aware of the risks of foraging too close to humans.
The findings could play a vital role in helping further understand how human activities and development affect chimpanzee behaviour and habitat use.
Nicola and her team conducted the research in Bossou, Guinea, West Africa between April 2012 and March 2013.
They carried out six-hour morning and afternoon follows of the crop-foraging chimpanzees over a full year to record their various behaviours in different habitat types across the landscape.
More:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uok-cat053017.php
