Universal behaviors as candidate traditions in wild spider monkeys.

Candidate traditions were documented across three communities of wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) using an a priori approach to identify behavioral variants and a statistical approach to examine differences in their proportional use. This methodology differs from previous studies of animal tra...

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Main Authors: Claire J Santorelli, Colleen M Schaffner, Filippo Aureli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176216?pdf=render