Foraging and Spatial Memory in Wild Weddell's Saddleback Tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli) When Moving Between Distant and Out-of-Sight Goals

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-48

  Porter, Leila M ^a   Garber, Paul A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Feeding ecology; Route based maps; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; SPATIAL COGNITION; WILD POPULATION;

BOLIVIA;

ANIMALIA; CALLITRICHIDAE; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; HAPLORHINI; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS WEDDELLI; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 84872838835     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9644-x     Document Type: Article

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