Congnitive behavior in Asia elephant: Use and modification of branches for fly switching

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 839-847

  Hart, Benjamin L ^a   Hart, Lynette A ^a   McCoy, Michael ^a   Sarath, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jungle Lodges and Resorts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELEPHANT; FLY; TOOL USE;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ELEPHUS MAXIMUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035662394     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1815     Document Type: Article

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