Numerical discrimination by wild Northern Mockingbirds

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 953-957

  Farnsworth, George L ^a   Smolinski, Jennifer L ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mimus polyglottos; Northern mockingbird; Numerical discrimination; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

AVES; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 33845198599     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[953:NDBWNM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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