Description |
1 online resource (358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-346) and index. |
Contents |
All in a day's work -- The social intelligence debate and the origins of the Lomas Barbudal monkey project -- The challenges of foraging and self-medication -- Predators, prey, and personality -- Capuchin communication -- Abby and Tattle: two females' political careers -- Curmudgeon: the career of an Alpha male -- Moth and tranquilo: the strategies of incoming Alpha males -- Kola and Jordan: lethal aggression and the importance of allies -- Miffin, Nobu, and Abby: Capuchin mothers, infants, and babysitters -- Guapo: innovation and tradition in the creation of bond-testing rituals -- Social learning and the roots of culture -- Nobu and La Lucha sin Fin: conservation of tropical dry forests. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Capuchin monkeys -- Behavior -- Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal.
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Capuchin monkeys -- Behavior. |
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Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal. |
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Cebus -- psychology. |
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Behavior, Animal. |
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Costa Rica. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Manson, Joseph H.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Perry, Susan, 1965- Manipulative monkeys. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007020542 |
ISBN |
9780674042049 (electronic book) |
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0674042042 (electronic book) |
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9780674026643 (alkaline paper) |
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0674026640 (alkaline paper) |
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