The effect of handling time on temporal discounting in two New World primates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1379-1387

  Rosati, Alexandra G ^a   Stevens, Jeffrey R ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PRIMATE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33744970087     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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