Ignorant hooded crows follow knowledgeable roost-mates to food: Support for the information centre hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1469, 2001, Pages 827-831

  Sonerud, G A ^a   Smedshaug, C A ^a   Brathen O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communal roosting; Field experiment; Hooded crow; Information centre hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT QUALITY; ROOSTING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HYPOTHESIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCIENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX;

EID: 0035932729     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1586     Document Type: Article

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