Monkeys crying wolf? Tufted capuchin monkeys use anti-predator calls to usurp resources from conspecifics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 3013-3018

  Wheeler, Brandon C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Cebus apella nigritus; Communication; Deception; Feeding competition; Primates

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 68249113944     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0544     Document Type: Article

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