Northern bald ibises follow others' gaze into distant space but not behind barriers

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-17

  Loretto, Matthias Claudio ^a   Schloegl, Christian ^a,b   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle Grünau   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Barrier; Gaze following; Geometrical gaze following; Northern bald ibis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PERCEPTION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDA; GERONTICUS EREMITA; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77449142232     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0510     Document Type: Article

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