Social factors enhancing foraging success of a wild group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in a patchy food environment

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-860

  Kazahari, Nobuko ^a   Agetsuma, Naoki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food competition; Group foraging; Intake speed; Patch quality; Patch use; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 41349116600     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908783929188     Document Type: Article

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