Orangutans (Pongo spp.) do not spontaneously share benefits with familiar conspecifics in a choice paradigm

Primates

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-200

  Kim, Yena ^a   Martinez, Laura ^b,c   Choe, Jae Chun ^c,d   Lee, Dal Ju ^e   Tomonaga, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)   (Mexico)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d National Institute of Ecology   (South Korea)

^e Seoul Grand Park   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choice paradigm; Orangutans; Prosociality; Social environments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PONGO ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; PONGO ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939968909     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-015-0460-8     Document Type: Article

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