Social influences on foraging behavior in young nonhuman primates: Learning what, where, and how to eat

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-201

  Rapaport, Lisa G ^a   Brown, Gillian R ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coforaging; Food transfer; Provisioning; Socially mediated learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

CALLITRICHIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 53349129575     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20180     Document Type: Article

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