Fur rubbing: Use of medicinal plants by capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Baker, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus; Ethnobotany; Fur rubbing; Medicinal plant use; Self anointment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CITRUS; CLEMATIS; INSECTA; PIPERACEAE; PRIMATES; SLOANEA;

EID: 0001418798     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)38:3<263::aid-ajp5>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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