Using video playback to investigate the social preferences of rooks, Corvus frugilegus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 679-687

  Bird, Christopher D ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corvid; Corvus frugilegus; individual recognition; rook; social preference; video playback

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 49149116913     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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