A field test of behavioural flexibility in Zenaida doves (Zenaida aurita)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Boogert, Neeltje Janna ^a   Monceau, Karine ^b   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural flexibility; Body condition; Flight initiation distance; Human disturbance; Pair bond; Reversal learning; Scrounging

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; LEARNING; SEED; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; DOVE; FEMALE; FORAGE; HABITAT; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES; TERRITORIALITY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

BARBADOS;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA AURITA;

EID: 77956173573     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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