Gaze following in the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 765-769

  Wilkinson, Anna ^a   Mandl, Isabella ^a   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gaze following; Reptile; Tortoise; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GEOCHELONE CARBONARIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 77955712497     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0320-2     Document Type: Article

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