Social context and consumption of unfamiliar foods by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) over repeated encounters

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-380

  Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a   Valente, Marina ^a   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus; Feeding traditions; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 0031926033     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:4<367::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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