Means to an end: Neotropical parrots manage to pull strings to meet their goals

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-301

  Schuck Paim, Cynthia ^a   Borsari, Andressa ^a   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Parrots; Problem solving; String pulling; Tools

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARROT; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARROTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CORVIDA; HYACINTHUS; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 67349209913     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0190-z     Document Type: Article

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