Responses to novel foods in captive chimpanzees

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 539-548

  Visalberghi, E ^a   Yamakoshi, M Myowa ^b   Hirata, S ^b   Matsuzawa, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Enrichment; Food neophobia; Social influences

Indexed keywords

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036935719     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10057     Document Type: Article

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