Bonobos, Pan paniscus, chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, and marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, prefer to feed alone

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Bullinger, Anke F ^a   Burkart, Judith M ^b   Melis, Alicia P ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Callithrix jacchus; Chimpanzee; Common marmoset; Cooperative breeder; Food sharing; Motivation; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 84872315726     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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