Of stones and monkeys: Testing ecological constraints on stone handling, a behavioral tradition in Japanese macaques

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-244

  Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a,d   Gunst, Noëlle ^b   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

Culture; Macaca fuscata; Stone availability; Terrestriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; MACACA; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; STANDARD; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; TREES;

EID: 38349093878     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20726     Document Type: Article

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