Reaction to spatial novelty and exploratory strategies in baboons

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Gouteux, S ^a   Vauclair, J ^a   Thinus Blanc, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032855001     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199731     Document Type: Article

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