Diversification and cumulative evolution in New Caledonian crow tool manufacture

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1517, 2003, Pages 867-874

  Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; New Caledonian crows; Pandanus tools; Tool manufacture

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; PANDANUS;

EID: 0037461338     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2302     Document Type: Article

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