Owl monkeys (Aotus nigriceps and A. infulatus) follow routes instead of food-related cues during foraging in captivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Da Costa, Renata Souza ^a   Bicca Marques, Júlio César ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AOTUS; AOTUS INFULATUS; AOTUS NIGRICEPS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEARING; MALE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; REWARD; SMELLING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; AOTIDAE; APPETITE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS INFULATUS; AOTUS NIGRICEPS; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; SIMIIFORMES;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; ORIENTATION; REWARD; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84919465478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115188     Document Type: Article

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