Fishing with a bait: A note on behavioural flexibility in Cebus apella

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 350-352

  Mendes, Francisco Dyonísio C ^a   Martins, Lilian B R ^a   Pereira, Juliana A ^a   Marquezan, Rogério F ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bait; Cebus apella; Cognition; Fishing; Innovative behaviour; Learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CEBUS; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 0034279368     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021759     Document Type: Article

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