Substrate optimization in nut cracking by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1017-1024

  Pouydebat, Emmanuelle ^a   Gorce, P ^b   Bels, V ^a   Coppens, Y ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus apella; Nut cracking; Proto tool use; Substrate use

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SUBSTRATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUT; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 33749428524     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20291     Document Type: Article

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