Spatial learning and memory in birds

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-220

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive ecology; Foraging; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; FORAGING; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONES; LEARNING; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

AVES;

EID: 1842851884     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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