Development of Snake-Directed Antipredator Behavior by Wild White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys: II. Influence of the Social Environment

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-300

  Meno, Whitney ^a   Coss, Richard G ^a   Perry, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calling; Antipredator behavior; Cebus capucinus; Snake predators; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; HEARING; INHIBITION; PRIMATE; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SNAKE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SNAKES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LOMAS BARBUDAL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 84872607654     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22109     Document Type: Article

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