Parental prey selection affects risk-taking behaviour and spatial learning in avian offspring

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1625, 2007, Pages 2563-2569

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Ramsay, Scot L ^a,b   Donaldson, Christine ^a   Adam, Aileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue tits; Cognition; Neonatal nutrition; Personality; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; DIET; FOOD PROVISIONING; JUVENILE; LEARNING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PREY SELECTION; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRESS;

ARANEAE; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848885497     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0687     Document Type: Article

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