Comparing responses to novel objects in wild baboons (Papio ursinus) and geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Bergman, Thore J ^a   Kitchen, Dawn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Cognition; Exploration; Neophilia; Neophobia; Novel objects; Papio ursinus; Primate; Theropithecus gelada

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO URSINUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEROPITHECUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO URSINUS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THEROPITHECUS;

PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 58549085388     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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