Wild capuchin monkeys adjust stone tools according to changing nut properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Luncz, Lydia V ^a   Falótico, Tiago ^a,b   Pascual Garrido, Alejandra ^a   Corat, Clara ^b   Mosley, Hannah ^a   Haslam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 84987725274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33089     Document Type: Article

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