Do anvil-using banded mongooses understand means-end relationships? A field experiment

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-330

  Müller, Corsin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herpestidae; Means end comprehension; Mungos mungo; Physical knowledge; Technical intelligence; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; COMPREHENSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; MUNGOS MUNGO; PRIMATES;

EID: 77349120044     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0281-5     Document Type: Article

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