Social influences on the development of foraging behavior in free-living common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1150-1160

  Schiel, Nicola ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Callitrichids; Development; Foraging; Infancy; Marmoset; Maturation; Social influence

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEARNING; MALE; MARMOSET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33845400858     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20284     Document Type: Article

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