Play Behaviour in Young Tufted Capuchin Monkeys

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 419-422

  Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a   Guidi, Cristina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Object play; Social play; Solitary play; Tufted capuchins

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0542423306     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021665     Document Type: Article

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