Color recognition in chimpanzees (pan troglodytes)

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 317-329

  Matsuno, Toyomi ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^b   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 36048959273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-30248-4_20     Document Type: Chapter

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