Quantity matching by an orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 297-306

  Vonk, Jennifer ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnitude; Matching to sample; Orangutan; Quantity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONGO ABELII;

EID: 84893792616     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0662-7     Document Type: Article

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