Can color vision variation explain sex differences in invertebrate foraging by capuchin monkeys?

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-312

  Melin, Amanda D ^a   Fedigan, Linda M ^a   Young, Hilary C ^a   Kawamura, Shoji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cebus; Dichromacy; Female foraging; Invertebrate foraging; Male foraging; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 77952801405     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.3.300     Document Type: Article

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