No cultural transmission of species recognition between parents and offspring in free-living great tits and blue tits

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1203-1209

  Hansen, Bo Terning ^a   Johannessen, Lars Erik ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal culture; Communicative culture; Cross fostering; Learning; Sexual imprinting

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; IMPRINTING; KIN RECOGNITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34248372776     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0350-1     Document Type: Article

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