Prospective thinking in a mustelid? Eira barbara (Carnivora) cache unripe fruits to consume them once ripened

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 693-698

  Soley, Fernando G ^a,b   Alvarado Díaz, Isaías ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Caching; Future thinking; Goal directed behaviour; Tayras

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CACHING; CARNIVORE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATURATION; MUSTELID; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELIDAE; THINKING;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CASIMIROA; EIRA BARBARA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 79961208129     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0821-0     Document Type: Article

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