Pigeons can discriminate group mates from strangers using the concept of familiarity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Wilkinson, Anna ^a   Specht, Hanna L ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Categorization; Columba livia; Concept; Familiarity; Individual recognition; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILIARITY; LEARNING; MATE RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPH;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 77953961717     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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