Evaluating social influences on food-processing behavior in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-491

  O'Malley, Robert C ^a   Fedigan, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cebines; Extractive foraging; Manipulation; Nonhuman culture; Social traditions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 22544488376     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20095     Document Type: Article

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