Carrying, sharing, and hand preference in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-162

  Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a   Haynie, Michael Katherine ^b   Lundquist, Andrew L ^b   Suomi, Stephen J ^b  

^a NIH Animal Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Capuchin; Carrying; Food sharing; Hand preference

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; PAN; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032976451     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020592402625     Document Type: Article

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