Sumatran orangutans and a yellow-cheeked crested gibbon know what is where

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 575-602

  Scheumann, Marina ^a,b   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging; Gibbon; Orangutan; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HABITAT TYPE; PRIMATE;

HYLOBATES SP.; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33745104417     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9024-5     Document Type: Article

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