Chimpanzees' socially maintained food preferences indicate both conservatism and conformity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1195-1202

  Hopper, Lydia M ^a,b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Brosnan, Sarah F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Conformity; Conservatism; Food preference; Pan troglodytes; Social dynamics; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREND ANALYSIS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; VITACEAE;

EID: 79957779717     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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