Socially acquired information reduces Norway rats' latencies to find food

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 705-714

  Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a   White, David J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; NORWAY RAT; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031239238     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0475     Document Type: Article

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