The influence of observer presence on baboon (Papio spp.) and rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) behavior

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Iredale, Steven K ^a   Nevill, Christian H ^a   Lutz, Corrine K ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Behavior assessment; Macaque; Observer effect

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 72449208092     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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