Individual variation in spontaneous problem-solving performance among wild great tits

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 491-498

  Cole, Ella F ^a   Cram, Dominic L ^a   Quinn, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consistency; Exploration behaviour; Great tit; Individual variation; Innovation; Neophobia; Parus major; Personality; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 78751610589     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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