Tactual discrimination of size and shape by a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 366-374

  Dehnhardt, Guido ^a,c   Dücker, Gerti ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0030472702     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199008     Document Type: Article

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