Reward type influences performance and search structure of an omnivorous bird in an open-field maze

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Sulikowski, Danielle ^a   Burke, Darren ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; Meliphagidae; Open field maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; NICHE; OMNIVORY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL COGNITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; OPEN FIELD TEST; REWARD; SIMULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; COGNITION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 72449177330     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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