An experimental study of collective performance at a foraging task in Tonkean macaques

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-117

  Drapier, M ^a   Ducoing, A M ^a   Thierry, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0033482323     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999500695     Document Type: Article

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