New Caledonian crows learn the functional properties of novel tool types

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Alex H ^a,c   Elliffe, Douglas M ^a   Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^b   Clayton, Nicola S ^c   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; AIR; ANIMAL; APPETITE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIR; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROWS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; WATER;

EID: 83355168767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026887     Document Type: Article

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