Social rank, neophobia and observational learning in black-capped chickadees

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-69

  Seok An, Yong ^a   Kriengwatana, Buddhamas ^a   Newman, Amy E ^b   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; dominance hierarchy; neophobia; observational learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 79551475669     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X545829     Document Type: Article

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