Cognitive ornithology: The evolution of avian intelligence

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1465, 2006, Pages 23-43

  Emery, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Complex cognition; Corvid; Evolution; Intelligence; Nidopallium

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COGNITION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ORNITHOLOGY;

AVES; CORVIDA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING;

EID: 33646554843     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1736     Document Type: Review

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