The performance of rooks in a cooperative task depends on their temperament

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Scheid, Christelle ^a   Noë, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Boldness; Cooperation; Corticosterone; Corvus frugilegus; Personality; Rook; Stress; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CROW; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROWS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 77954683950     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0305-1     Document Type: Article

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