The right tool for the job: What strategies do wild New Caledonian crows use?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-316

  Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Rutledge, Robb B ^a   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognition; Folk physics; New Caledonian crows; Tool manufacture and use

Indexed keywords

CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CROW; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CROWS; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749564367     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0047-2     Document Type: Article

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