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. 2014 Jul 24;9(7):e104024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104024

Correction: Chimpanzees Preferentially Select Sleeping Platform Construction Tree Species with Biomechanical Properties that Yield Stable, Firm, but Compliant Nests

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There are errors in Table 1. The authors have provided a corrected Table 1 here.

Table 1. Previously recorded chimpanzee sleeping tree species preference by field site.

Site Tree species % Reference
West Africa
Cantanhez, Guinea- Bissau Elaeis guineensis 92.0 (34)
German-Fort, Gashaka- Gumti, Nigeria Khaya seneganensis (dry season), Craibia atlantica (wet season) (35)
Yealeì, Nimba, Ivory Coast Chidlowia sanguinea (36)
Assirik, Senegal Spondias mombin, Adansonia digitata (13)
Central Africa
Goualougo Triangle, Nouabaleì-Ndoki, Congo Greenwayodendron suaveolens 9.0 (37)
Ishasha, DRC Cynometra alexandri (23, 38)
Tishibati, Kahuzi-Biega, DRC Syzygium parvifolium 21.8 (39)
Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Spondias mombin, Adansonia digiata (13)
Pongara, Gabon Coula edulis 22.8 (40)
Seringbara Nimba, Guinea Amanoa bracteosa (two study periods), Childlowia sanguinea (one study period) 11.9 10.7 (14, 36)
Wawba, DRC Leonardoxa romii 26.4 (41)
Yalosidi, DRC Leonardoxa romii 34.5 (42)
East Africa
Gombe, Tanzania Brachstegia bussei, Elaes grineensis (1)
Issa, Tanzania Brachystegia sp. 36.1 (43)
Kasakati, Tanzania Cynometra sp. (44)
Lwazi, Tanzania Trichilia dregeana , Pseudospondia microcarpa, Dichapetalum stuhlmannii (45)
Ntakata/ Kakungu, Tanzania Brachystegia bussei 23.4 (46)
Ugalla , Tanzania Monopetalanthus richardsiae 39.5 (47)
Kwitanga, Tanzania Brachstegia bussei (48)
Budongo, Uganda Cynometra alexandri (24)
Bwindi, Uganda Drypetes gerrardii 21.0 (19)
Kalinzu, Uganda Uvariopsis congensis 41.1 (48)
Kibale Ngogo, Uganda Uvariopsis congensis 39.0 (49)
Semliki, Uganda Cynometra alexandri 73.6 Current study, (25, 28)

Field sites recording up to three preferred species, without statistical supporting data, were included; citations where greater than three species were recorded as “preferred” were not included. Percentages were included when presented.

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