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SUBMITTER: Nevo O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4594300 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nevo Omer O Orts Garri Rosa R Hernandez Salazar Laura Teresa LT Schulz Stefan S Heymann Eckhard W EW Ayasse Manfred M Laska Matthias M
Scientific reports 20151006
Primates are now known to possess well-developed olfactory sensitivity and discrimination capacities that can play a substantial role in many aspects of their interaction with conspecifics and the environment. Several studies have demonstrated that olfactory cues may be useful in fruit selection. Here, using a conditioning paradigm, we show that captive spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) display high olfactory discrimination performance between synthetic odor mixtures mimicking ripe and unripe fr ...[more]