Common ravens raid arctic fox food caches

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-82

  Careau, Vincent ^a,b   Lecomte, Nicolas ^c   Giroux, Jean François ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Bylot Island; Cache raiding; Corvus corax; Defence of food caches; Food caching; Foraging innovation

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; ANSER SP.; AVES; CANIDAE; CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 33846331670     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0193-7     Document Type: Article

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