Feeding innovations and forebrain size in Australasian birds

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1077-1097

  Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Gaxiola, Aurora ^c   Dawson, Sherry ^a   Timmermans, Sarah ^a   Rosza, Lajos ^b   Kabai, Peter ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NONE

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EID: 0042123171     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998792913492     Document Type: Article

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