The effects of predictable and unpredictable feeding schedules on the behavior and physiology of captive brown capuchins (Cebus apella)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Ulyan, Marjorie J ^a   Burrows, Anne E ^a   Buzzell, Courtney A ^a   Raghanti, Mary Ann ^b   Marcinkiewicz, J L ^b   Phillips, Kimberley A ^a  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Cortisol; Feeding schedule; Predictability; Well being

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 33750626389     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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