Pigeons discriminate between human feeders

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 909-914

  Belguermi, Ahmed ^a,e   Bovet, Dalila ^a   Pascal, Anouck ^a   Prévot Julliard, Anne Caroline ^b,c   Jalme, Michel Saint ^b   Rat Fischer, Lauriane ^d   Leboucher, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS NANTERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Feral pigeons; Foraging behaviour; Inter specific recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

COLUMBA;

EID: 80255131330     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0420-7     Document Type: Article

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