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Garber, P.A., Bicca-Marques, J.C., Azevedo-Lopes, M.O. (2009). Primate Cognition: Integrating Social and Ecological Information in Decision-Making. In: Garber, P.A., Estrada, A., Bicca-Marques, J.C., Heymann, E.W., Strier, K.B. (eds) South American Primates. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78705-3_14
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