Rufous hummingbirds' (Selasphorus rufus) memory for flowers: Patterns or actual spatial locations?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 396-404

  Healy, Susan D ^a   Hurly, T Andrew ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0001076015     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.24.4.396     Document Type: Article

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