Age-specific functions of stone handling, a solitary-object play behavior, in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-281

  Nahallage, Charmalie A D ^a   Huffman, Michael A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive function; Aging; Behavioral tradition; Neural maintenance and regeneration; Object play

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COGNITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDEDNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLAY; PRIMATE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33947101972     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20348     Document Type: Article

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