Non-tool-using rooks, Corvus frugilegus, solve the trap-tube problem

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-231

  Tebbich, Sabine ^a   Seed, Amanda M ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^b   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corvids; Corvus frugilegus; Physical cognition; Tool use; Trap tube task

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROW; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CROWS; FEMALE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 33947515986     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0061-4     Document Type: Article

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