Tits use amodal completion in predator recognition: A field experiment

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-615

  Tvardíková, Kateřina ^a   Fuchs, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Amodal completion; Amputated predator; Feeders; Occluded predator; Pair wise experiments; Sign stimuli; Sparrowhawk; Tit species; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDATION; RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FORM PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SONGBIRDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953916385     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0311-3     Document Type: Article

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