Win shifting in nectarivorous birds: Selective inhibition of the learned win-stay response

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 519-524

  Sulikowski, Danielle ^a   Burke, Darren ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive adaptation; Manorina melanocephala; Noisy miner; Rainbow lorikeet; Response inhibition; Trichoglossus haematodus; Win shift; Win stay

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD; INHIBITION; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SELECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATODUS;

EID: 84856078463     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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