Diversity of nutcracking tool sites used by Sapajus libidinosus in Brazilian Cerrado

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 535-546

  Mendes, Francisco Dyonísio C ^a,b   Cardoso, Raphael Moura ^b,c   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^c   Izar, Patrícia ^c   Villar, Daniell Nunes A ^b   Marquezan, Rogério F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d University of Gurupi UnirG   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cerrado; Nutcracking; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CERRADO; EQUIPMENT; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT USE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOOL USE;

BRAZIL; GOIAS; TOCANTINS;

CEBUS;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CEBUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUT; PSYCHOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CEBUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84927573776     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22373     Document Type: Article

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