Preferences towards novel foods in Cebus apella: The role of nutrients and social influences

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 341-349

  Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a   Sabbatini, Gloria ^a,b   Stammati, Margherita ^a   Addessi, Elsa ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Energy content; Food preferences; Novel foods; Social influences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS APELLA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0345447655     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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