Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) and the effects of goal-landmark distance on overshadowing

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-264

  Goodyear, Aleida J ^a,b   Kamil, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GOALS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744362167     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.3.258     Document Type: Article

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