Innovative individuals are not always the best demonstrators: Feeding innovation and social transmission in Serinus canaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cadieu, Nicole ^a   Fruchard, Stéphane ^a   Cadieu, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERINUS CANARIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CREATIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; HELIANTHUS; SERINUS CANARIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 77749320915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008841     Document Type: Article

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