Response toward novel stimuli in a group of tufted capuchins (Cebus libidinosus) in Brasília National Park, Brazil

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-470

  Sabbatini, Gloria ^a,b   Stammati, Margherita ^a,b   Tavares, Maria Clotilde H ^c   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"Readiness to eat" hypothesis; Capuchin monkeys; Exploration; Neophilia; Neophobia; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; PALATABILITY; PRIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CEBUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; OBSERVATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

BRASILIA; BRASILIA NATIONAL PARK; BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS;

EID: 34047170329     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20365     Document Type: Article

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