Food storing and the hippocampus in paridae

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Healy, Susan D ^a   Krebsh, John R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Food storing; Hippocampus; Paridae; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOLUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOLUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATER; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MONTANUS; PARUS PALUSTRIS; SALIX;

EID: 0030344712     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113239     Document Type: Article

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