Experimental analysis of food detection in capuchin monkeys: Effects of distance, travel speed, and resource size

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Janson, Charles H ^a   Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Food detection; Foraging; Socialty; Travel speed

Indexed keywords

BROWN CAPUCHIN; FEEDING PLATFORM; FOOD LOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 0030744578     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050359     Document Type: Article

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