Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 722-735

  Biondi, L M ^a,b   Garcia G O ^a,b   Bo M S ^a   Vassallo, A I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEARNING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAPTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; CARACARA; FALCONIFORMES; MILVAGO CHIMANGO; RAPTORES;

EID: 77955146681     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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