Observational learning and the raiding of food caches in ravens, Corvus corax: Is it 'tactical' deception?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-195

  Bugnyar, Thomas ^a,b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b  

^a Konrad Lorenz Research Station   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; COGNITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 0036397078     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3056     Document Type: Article

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