The ontogeny of handling hard-to-process food in wild brown capuchins (Cebus apella apella): Evidence from foraging on the fruit of maximiliana maripa

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 960-973

  Gunst, Noëlle ^a   Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a   Boinski, Sue ^b   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^c  

^a UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Development; Foraging strategies; Hard to process food; Scrounging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BAMBOO; BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FRUIT; JUVENILE; LARVA; MONOCOTYLEDON; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS APELLA APELLA; COLEOPTERA; HAPLORHINI; MAXIMILIANA MARIPA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CEBUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; CONVOLVULACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; LARVA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952116098     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20856     Document Type: Article

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