Short-term observational spatial memory in Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and Ravens (Corvus corax)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-698

  Scheid, Christelle ^a   Bugnyar, Thomas ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corvid; Jackdaw; Observational spatial memory; Raven

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROW; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CROWS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVUS CORAX; CORVUS MONEDULA; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA;

EID: 51549088370     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0160-5     Document Type: Article

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