Drinking from tails: Social learning of a novel behaviour in a group of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Primates

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-422

  Hosey, Geoffrey R ^a   Jacques, Marie ^a   Pitts, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imitation; Lemur catta; Novel behaviour; Stimulus enhancement

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

DRINKING; LEARNING; RING-TAILED LEMUR;

EID: 0031392548     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381881     Document Type: Article

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