Social traditions and social learning in capuchin monkeys (Cebus)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1567, 2011, Pages 988-996

  Perry, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Cebus; Social conventions; Social learning; Social traditions

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OMNIVORY; PRIMATE; SPECIALIZATION; TOOL USE; YOUNG POPULATION;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; PAN; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959499981     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0317     Document Type: Article

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