Stone anvil damage by wild bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) during pounding tool use: A field experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Cardoso, Raphael Moura ^b   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^c   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBUS; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRUIT CRACKING; HAND FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUT; SAPAJUS LIBIDINOSUS; TOOL USE; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84910654498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111273     Document Type: Article

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