How tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) perform in a searching task: Evidence for strategy use

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 344-350

  Bartolomucci, Alessandro ^a,b   De Biurrun, Gabriel ^c   Fuchs, Eberhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c Univ̀ degli Studi di Parma ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; ORIENTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCANDENTIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CEBUS; MALE; MICE; ORIENTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIA;

EID: 0035751820     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.4.344     Document Type: Article

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