Does watching a monkey change its behaviour? Quantifying observer effects in habituated wild primates using automated radiotelemetry

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Crofoot, Margaret C ^a,b,c   Lambert, Thomas D ^d   Kays, Roland ^b,e   Wikelski, Martin C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Panama; Cebus capucinus; Habituation; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; HABITAT TYPE; HABITUATION; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WILD POPULATION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77955572427     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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