Grey Parrot Cognition and Communication

Manual of Parrot Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 133-145

  Pepperberg, Irene M ^a,b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIT School of Architecture and Planning   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandura; Communicative learning; Environmental; Parallels; Pepperberg

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649680656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344651.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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