Sexual bias in probe tool manufacture and use by wild bearded capuchin monkeys

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-122

  Falótico, Tiago ^a   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Predation; Probe; Sex differences; Tool use; Tradition

Indexed keywords

DIET; LIZARD; PRIMATE; PROBE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE; WASP; WILD POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBUS; FEMALE; HONEY; INFANT; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS SNAKE; PREDATION; PREY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; TOOL USE; TREE TRUNK; WASP; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK;

CEBUS;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84910029151     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.09.036     Document Type: Article

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