Gaze following in common ravens, Corvus corax: ontogeny and habituation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-778

  Schloegl, Christian ^a,b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,c   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle Grünau ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corvus corax; gaze following; habituation; ontogenetic development; raven

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITUATION; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE;

AVES; CORVUS CORAX; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 35148859658     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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