Monkeys overharvest shellfish.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28902612.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.30865 and PMC identifier 5597332.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The use of stone tools by macaques in Thailand has reduced the size and population density of coastal shellfish: previously it was thought that overharvesting effects resulted from human activity alone.
Medical subject headings
- Tool Use Behavior