Long-tailed macaques select mass of stone tools according to food type

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Gumert, Michael D ^a   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Littoral; Macaque; Marine prey; Mass; Stone tool; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SELECTION; PRIMATE; SITE INVESTIGATION; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; LITTORAL; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MARINE PREY; MASS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STONE TOOL; THAILAND; TOOL USE;

LITTORAL; MACAQUE; MARINE PREY; MASS; STONE TOOL; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

LAEM SON NATIONAL PARK; PIAK NAM YAI ISLAND; RANONG; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84885194996     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0413     Document Type: Article

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