Provisioning of young in golden lion tamarins (Callitrichidae, Leontopithecus rosalia): A test of the information hypothesis

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 619-636

  Rapaport, Lisa G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROVISIONING; LEARNING; PRIMATE;

LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA;

EID: 0032797411     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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