Food transfers in capuchin monkeys: An experiment on partner choice

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 757-759

  Sabbatini, Gloria ^a   De Bortoli Vizioli, Aurora ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a   Schino, Gabriele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cooperation; Partner choice; Reciprocity; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84866546658     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0534     Document Type: Article

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