Wild capuchins show male-biased feeding tool use

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-470

  de A Moura, Antonio C ^a   Lee, Phyllis C ^b  

^a Departamento de Engenharia e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cebus; Sex differences; Sexual selection; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAATINGA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOOL USE;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952419374     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9406-6     Document Type: Article

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