Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys

We know little about the relative contributions of visual and olfactory senses for wild, frugivorous mammals. Here, the authors show that in capuchin monkeys, frequency of olfactory evaluation of fruits is higher when scent production increases with ripening, and among monkeys with red-green colorbl...

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Auteurs principaux: Amanda D. Melin, Omer Nevo, Mika Shirasu, Rachel E. Williamson, Eva C. Garrett, Mizuki Endo, Kodama Sakurai, Yuka Matsushita, Kazushige Touhara, Shoji Kawamura
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/b23a9878153345efbc4681267cddb401
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