Development of Snake-Directed Antipredator Behavior by Wild White-faced Capuchin Monkeys: I. Snake-Species Discrimination

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-291

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calling; Antipredator behavior; Cebus capucinus; Snake species discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; SNAKE; WILD POPULATION;

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

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

ANIMALIA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; DRYMARCHON; DRYMARCHON CORAIS; PRIMATES; SERPENTES;

EID: 84872617636     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22106     Document Type: Article

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