A socioecological perspective on primate cognition, past and present

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Cunningham, Elena ^a   Janson, Charles ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoids; Cognition; Comparative; Evolution; Foraging; Lemurs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; PRIMATES;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34547372440     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0078-3     Document Type: Review

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