Cognitive and communicative capacities of Grey parrots - Implications for the enrichment of many species

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Pepperberg, I M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal human communication; Avian intelligence; Companion animals; Computer based enrichment; Grey parrot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; COGNITION; COMPUTER; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEISURE; MENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARROT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ERITHACUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 1542475893     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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