Does seed-caching experience affect spatial memory performance by pinyon jays?

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1202-1208

  Stafford, B Lucas ^a   Balda, Russell P ^a   Kamil, Alan C ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MEMORY; SPATIAL COGNITION;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GYMNORHINUS; GYMNORHINUS CYANOCEPHALUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 33751233525     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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