Spontaneous Emergence, Imitation and Spread of Alternative Foraging Techniques among Groups of Vervet Monkeys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  van de Waal, Erica ^a,b   Whiten, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Inkawu Vervet Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPLORHINI; IMITATION; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867378275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047008     Document Type: Article

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