Planning for the future by western scrub-jays

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7130, 2007, Pages 919-921

  Raby, C R ^a   Alexis, D M ^a   Dickinson, A ^a   Clayton, N S ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; PASSERINE; PLANNING SYSTEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUNGER; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; COLUMBA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; PRIMATES; RATTUS;

EID: 33847205014     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05575     Document Type: Article

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