Limited spread of innovation in a wild parrot, the kea (Nestor notabilis)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Gajdon, Gyula K ^a,b   Fijn, Natasha ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Innovation; Physical cognition; Scrounging; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARROT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARROTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NESTOR NOTABILIS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 33745026530     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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