Social diffusion of novel foraging methods in brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1631, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Dindo, Marietta ^a   Thierry, Bernard ^b   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Culture; Diffusion chains; Primates; Social learning; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ECHOLOCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 36448975228     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1318     Document Type: Article

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