Cue learning by rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-223

  Hurly, T Andrew ^a   Healy, Susan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLOWER; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIRDS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLOWERS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0036545631     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.28.2.209     Document Type: Article

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