Rooks Use Stones to Raise the Water Level to Reach a Floating Worm

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1410-1414

  Bird, Christopher David ^a   Emery, Nathan John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROW; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROWS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE;

EID: 68849120396     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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