Self-control: why should sea lions, Zalophus californianus, perform better than primates?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1241-1247

  Genty, Emilie ^a   Roeder, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PINNIPED; PREY PREFERENCE; PRIMATE;

OTARIIDAE; PRIMATES; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 33751193230     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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