Observational learning in orangutan cultural transmission chains

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-183

  Dindo, Marietta ^a,b,c   Stoinski, Tara ^d   Whiten, Andrew ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copying; Culture; Orangutans; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION; ZOO;

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 79954565235     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0637     Document Type: Article

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