Colour discrimination in the black-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix penicillata): Ecological implications

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-134

  Pessoa, Daniel M A ^a   Cunha, Juliana F ^a   Tomaz, Carlos ^a   Pessoa, Valdir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix penicillata; Colour vision; Discrimination learning; Feeding ecology; Marmosets; Munsell colour system; Naturalistic stimuli; New World monkeys

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 20944435843     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084375     Document Type: Article

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