Complex cognition and behavioural innovation in New Caledonian crows

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1694, 2010, Pages 2637-2643

  Taylor, Alex H ^a   Elliffe, Douglas ^a   Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioural innovation; Causal reasoning; New Caledonian crows

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; LEARNING; PASSERINE; PRIMATE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 77956908120     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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