Raven scavenging favours group foraging in wolves

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1117-1126

  Vucetich, John A ^a   Peterson, Rolf O ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 3042700327     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.018     Document Type: Article

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