Food sharing in jackdaws, Corvus monedula: what, why and with whom?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-304

  de Kort, Selvino R ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^b   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COURTSHIP; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; KINSHIP; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY;

AVES; CORVUS MONEDULA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33746643309     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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