Female tamarins (Saguinus - Callitrichidae) feed more successfully than males in unfamiliar foraging tasks (1995)

Box, H. O., Rohrhuber, B., Smith, P.

Abstract

Access to grapes was restricted to a circular hole [in a perspex box secured to the wall of the cage] of 3.5 cm in diameter. ... Females became more responsive to the additional food. There was no evidence of overt aggression or behavioural exclusion from the food.

Published
1995

Animal Type
Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

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Citation
Box, H. O., Rohrhuber, B., Smith, P. 1995. Female tamarins (Saguinus - Callitrichidae) feed more successfully than males in unfamiliar foraging tasks. Behavioural Processes 34, 3-11.

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