Use of spatial, visual, and olfactory information during foraging in wild nocturnal and diurnal anthropoids: A field experiment comparing Aotus, Callicebus, and Saguinus

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-187

  Bicca Marques, Júlio César ^a,b   Garber, Paul A ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ecology; Environmental information; Night monkeys; Sensory cues; Tamarins; Titi monkeys

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHROPOIDEA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS NIGRICEPS; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS CUPREUS; CYRILLA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 1842685617     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20014     Document Type: Article

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