Stone banging by wild capuchin monkeys: An unusual auditory display

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Moura, Antonio Christian De A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Culture; Dry forest; Innovation; Signalling; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33845728516     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095684     Document Type: Article

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