Wild Bearded Capuchins Process Cashew Nuts Without Contacting Caustic Compounds

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-393

  Sirianni, Giulia ^a,b   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anacardium occidentale; Caustic compounds; Food processing; Sapajus libidinosus; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; NUT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANACARDIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBUS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUT; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANACARDIUM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; CEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; CEBUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84874193242     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22119     Document Type: Article

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