Social monitoring and vigilance behavior in brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 458-464

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus apella; Social monitoring; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE;

ARGENTINA;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; IGUAZU; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036873316     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0536-5     Document Type: Article

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