Environmental and social factors associated with the occurrence of stone-handling behavior in a captive troop of Macaca fuscata

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 795-806

  Nahallage, Charmalie A D ^a   Huffman, Michael A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral tradition; Macaca fuscata; Object play; Stone handling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PLAY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 45449105526     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9268-3     Document Type: Article

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