To Whom the Play Signal Is Directed: A Study of Headshaking in Black-Handed Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Pellis, Vivien C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Play signals; Social play; Solitary play

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATELINAE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952077698     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020547     Document Type: Article

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