Spontaneous tool use by wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in the Cerrado

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 337-344

  Waga, I C ^a   Dacier, A K ^a   Pinha, P S ^a   Tavares, M C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus libidinosus; Cerrado, Brasilia National Park; Nut cracking; Stone pounding; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTS;

ACROCOMIA ACULEATA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33747264524     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093698     Document Type: Article

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