Inducing traditions in captive capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 955-964

  Crast, Jessica ^a   Hardy, Jessica M ^b   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus; Conformity; Foraging; Habit formation; Skill acquisition; Socially mediated learning; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 78549283940     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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