Cognitive requirements for tool use by New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Hunt, G R ^a   Gray, R D ^a   Lambert, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Syndicat Mixte des Grandes Fougères ^*  (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Corvus moneduloides; Cumulative technological evolution; New Caledonian crows; Ontogeny; Social learning; Tool manufacture and use

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COGNITION; LEARNING; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES; PANDANUS;

EID: 34247484864     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510058     Document Type: Article

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