Lateralization of tool use in New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Weir, Alex A S ^a   Kenward, Ben ^a   Chappell, Jackie ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; New Caledonian crows; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PASSERINE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS MONEDULA; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES; PANDANUS; PASSERIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 3242884782     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0183     Document Type: Article

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