Symmetry preference as a cognitive by-product in starlings

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-478

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Che, Judy P K ^a   Clelland, R Earl ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 3042634093     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904323066748     Document Type: Article

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