Animal Cognition: Deconstructing Avian Insight

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Shettleworth, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; COGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COGNITION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE;

EID: 70450213255     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.022     Document Type: Short Survey

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