Taste difference thresholds for sucrose in two species of nonhuman primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-160

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Scheuber, Heinz Peter ^a   Carrera Sanchez, Edith ^b   Rodriguez Luna, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Baboons; Papio hamadryas anubis; Spider monkeys; Sucrose; Taste difference thresholds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; CEBIDAE; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032910641     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:2<153::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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