Tool use in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-272

  Lindshield, Stacy M ^a   Rodrigues, Michelle A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Cognition; Tool use

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; TOOL USE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; COGNITION; COSTA RICA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; COGNITION; COSTA RICA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ATELES; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 67650642303     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0144-3     Document Type: Article

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