Landmark use by Cebus apella

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 921-948

  Potì, Patrizia ^a   Bartolommei, Paola ^a   Saporiti, Martina ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Configurational learning; Expansion test; Landmark use; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HABITAT USE; LEARNING; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 23844554648     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-5330-6     Document Type: Article

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