Social Dependence of Infant Slow Lorises to Learn Diet

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1007-1021

  Wiens, Frank ^a   Zitzmann, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lorisinae; Malaysia; Nocturnal; Nycticebus coucang; Prosimian

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

LORIDAE; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345447174     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026272127727     Document Type: Article

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