Differences in Aerial and Terrestrial Visual Scanning in Captive Black Tufted-Ear Marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) Exposed to a Novel Environment

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Barros, Marilia ^a,b   Alencar, Carolina ^a   Tomaz, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial scanning; Callithrix penicillata; Marmosets; Novel environment; Predation; Terrestrial scanning; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; VISION;

CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; PENICILLATA;

EID: 1542548237     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076266     Document Type: Review

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