Hand preferences and other lateral biases in rehabilitated orang-utans, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-25

  Rogers, L J ^a   Kaplan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0030058038     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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