Conspecific discrimination in an object-choice task in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-77

  Giret, Nicolas ^a   Monbureau, Marie ^a   Kreutzer, Michel ^a   Bovet, Dalila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus); Conspecific discrimination; Object choice task; Referential communication

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; FOOD SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONSPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PARROT; SPECIES; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARROTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 67650118836     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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