New Caledonian crows use tools for non-foraging activities

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Wimpenny, Joanna H ^a,b   Weir, Alexander A S ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information gathering; New Caledonian crows; Object exploration; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROW; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CROWS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES;

EID: 79955057256     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0366-1     Document Type: Article

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