Captive cotton-top tamarins' (Saguinus oedipus oedipus) use of landmarks to localize hidden food items

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-323

  Dolins, Francine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative strategy; Cotton top tamarins; Landmarks; Optimal path; Relational strategy; Spatial information

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SAGUINUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; SAGUINUS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; OEDIPUS; PLATYRRHINI; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 64649086913     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20654     Document Type: Article

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