Eurasian jays, Garrulus glandarius, flexibly switch caching and pilfering tactics in response to social context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1191-1200

  Shaw, Rachael C ^a   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural flexibility; Cache protection; Corvid; Eurasian jay; Garrulus glandarius; Pilfering; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; ROBBING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORAX; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS;

EID: 84867713348     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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