What scatter-hoarding animals have taught us about small-scale navigation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1542, 2010, Pages 901-914

  Gould, Kristy L ^a   Kelly, Debbie M ^b   Kamil, Alan C ^c  

^a LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue use; Landmarks; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; CACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RODENTIA;

EID: 77950255959     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0214     Document Type: Review

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