Testing problem solving in ravens: String-pulling to reach food

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 962-976

  Heinrich, Bernd ^a   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PASSERINE;

AVES;

EID: 26244442242     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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