Wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts dexterously

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1334-1339

  Mangalam, Madhur ^a   Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCARYUM; CEBUS; HOMINIDAE;

ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; NUT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84929606091     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.035     Document Type: Article

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