Rational choice, context dependence, and the value of information in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6058, 2011, Pages 1000-1002

  Freidin, Esteban ^a,b   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENCOUNTER RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; OPTIMIZATION; PREY PREFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTEXT DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATIONAL CHOICE; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS;

STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 81555212269     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1209626     Document Type: Article

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