Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) show a feature-negative effect specific to social learning

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Hopewell, Lucy J ^a   Leaver, Lisa A ^a   Lea, Stephen E G ^a   Wills, Andy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caching; Feature negative effect; Grey squirrels; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; REWARD; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 77349097773     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0259-3     Document Type: Article

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