Tools and brains in birds

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 939-973

  Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Nicolakakis, Nektaria ^c   Boire, Denis ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.1163/156853902320387918     Document Type: Article

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