Feeding innovations and forebrain size in birds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-560

  Lefevre, Louis ^a   Whittle, Patrick ^b   Lascaris, Evan ^b   Finkelstein, Adam ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL PLASTICITY; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; INNOVATORY BEHAVIOUR; LEARNING; OPPORTUNISTIC FORAGING;

NORTH AMERICA; UK;

EID: 0031082125     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0330     Document Type: Article

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