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Factors affecting cashew processing by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus, Kerr 1792)

Authors: Elisabetta Visalberghi, Alessandro Albani, Marialba Ventricelli, Patricia Izar, Gabriele Schino, Dorothy Fragazsy

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *tool use, age-related ability, anacardium spp, caustic compounds, social facilitation of eating

2016

Stone tool use in wild bearded capuchin monkeys, Cebus libidinosus. Is it a strategy to overcome food scarcity?

Authors: N. Spagnoletti, E. Visalberghi, M.P. Verderane, E. Ottoni, P. Izar, D. Fragaszy

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, bearded capuchin, cebus libidinosus, fallback food, necessity hypothesis, nut cracking, opportunity hypothesis

2012

Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) place nuts in anvils selectively

Authors: Qing Liu, Dorothy Fragaszy, Barth Wright, Kristin Wright, Patricia Izar, Elisabetta Visalberghi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, affordance, anvil use, capuchin, cebus libidinosus, embodied cognition, nut cracking, perception-action, selectivity, social influence

2011

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