How do keas (Nestor notabilis) solve artificial-fruit problems with multiple locks?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-58

  Miyata, Hiromitsu ^a,b   Gajdon, Gyula K ^c,d   Huber, Ludwig ^c   Fujita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artificial fruit; Avian cognitive processing; Keas; Locks; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

AVES; NESTOR NOTABILIS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 78650721027     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0342-9     Document Type: Article

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