Object manipulation to obtain a food reward in hoolock gibbons, Bunopithecus hoolock

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 621-629

  Cunningham, Clare L ^a,c   Anderson, James R ^a   Mootnick, Alan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOOL USE;

BUNOPITHECUS HOOLOCK; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33644698126     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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