Taste preferences for five food-associated sugars in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 659-672

  Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

relative sweetness; Saimiri sciureus; squirrel monkey; sugars; Taste preferences

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030991210     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006402.93081.4e     Document Type: Article

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