Informative Breath: Olfactory Cues Sought During Social Foraging Among Old World Monkeys (Mandrillus sphinx, M. leucophaeus, and Papio anubis)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-44

  Laidre, Mark E ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical communication; ecological cognition; foraging behavior; primate socioecology; social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; IMITATION; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MOUTH; ODOR; PAPIO ANUBIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MOUTH; PAPIO ANUBIS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 60849108908     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013129     Document Type: Article

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