Grass-stem tool use in New Caledonian Crows Corvus moneduloides

Ardea

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Troscianko, Jolyon ^a   Bluff, Lucas A ^b   Rutz, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal borne imaging; Comparative cognition; Corvus moneduloides; Culture; New Caledonian Crow; Tool use; Video tracking

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; GRASS; LIZARD; PASSERINE; STEM; TOOL USE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 56749166140     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.096.0214     Document Type: Article

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