Recurrent patterning in the daily foraging routes of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas): Spatial memory in large-scale versus small-scale space

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 421-435

  Schreier, Amy L ^a   Grove, Matt ^b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Baboons; Foraging; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; APPETITE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHOENIX (PLANT); PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHOENICEAE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84898864840     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22192     Document Type: Article

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