Innovation and behavioral flexibility in wild redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 777-787

  Huebner, Franziska ^a   Fichtel, Claudia ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Innovation; Persistence; Primates; Prior knowledge; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CREATIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84940000149     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0844-6     Document Type: Article

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