Traditions in Monkeys

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Perry, Susan ^a,b   Manson, Joseph H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventions; Culture; Food choice; Foraging techniques; Interspecific interactions

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0038400182     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10105     Document Type: Article

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