Is group-living associated with social learning? A comparative test of a gregarious and a territorial columbid

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 241-261

  Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Palameta, Boris ^a,b   Hatch, Karen K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOVE; FERAL; GROUP BEHAVIOUR; LEARNING; PIGEON;

BARBADOS; CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL;

COLUMBA LIVIA; ZENAIDA AURITA;

EID: 0030439299     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00134     Document Type: Article

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