A new case of fish-eating in Japanese macaques: Implications for social constraints on the diffusion of feeding innovation

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 821-828

  Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a,d   Gunst, Noëlle ^b   Watanabe, Kunio ^c   Huffman, Michael A ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Park on West Broad   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral diffusion; Feeding tradition; Fish eating; Macaca fuscata

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PRIMATE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MACACA; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOSHIMA ISLAND; KYUSHU; MIYAZAKI;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 34547093616     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20401     Document Type: Article

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