Indian mynahs, Acridotheres tristis, learn about dangerous places by observing the fate of others

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Griffin, Andrea S ^a   Boyce, Hayley M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acridotheres tristis; antipredator behaviour; common myna; Indian mynah; observational memory; social learning; Sturnus tristis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; ANIMALIA; STURNUS;

EID: 67349248419     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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