Learning to suppress responses to the larger of two rewards in two species of lemurs, Eulemur fulvus and E. macaco

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 925-932

  Genty, Emilie ^a   Palmier, Catherine ^a   Roeder, Jean Jacques ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMATE;

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR MACACO; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 2442478314     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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