What wild primates know about resources: Opening up the black box

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-367

  Janson, Charles H ^a   Byrne, Richard ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Ecology; Foraging; Primate; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; PRIMATES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 34547251887     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0080-9     Document Type: Review

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