Visual and response-based navigation in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 779-787

  Wilkinson, Anna ^a,b   Coward, Sacha ^a   Hall, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extramaze cues; Radial maze; Reptile; Response strategy; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VISION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AVES; GEOCHELONE CARBONARIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 70350418409     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0237-9     Document Type: Article

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