Protecting egg prey from Carrion Crows: The potential of aversive conditioning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 325-342

  Cox, Ruth ^a,b   Baker, Sandra E ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a   Berdoy, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Carrion Crow; Conditioned taste aversion; Conservation management; Corvid; Emetic

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EGG PREDATION; PASSERINE; TOXIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3042764676     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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