Stone throwing as a sexual display in wild female bearded capuchin monkeys, Sapajus libidinosus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Falótico, Tiago ^a   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894303624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079535     Document Type: Article

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