Phenotypic plasticity of avian social-learning strategies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1533-1539

  Riebel, Katharina ^a   Spierings, Michelle J ^a   Holveck, Marie Jeanne ^a,c   Verhulst, Simon ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Condition; Developmental plasticity; Model biases; Postnatal environment; Social learning; State dependent; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BROOD SIZE; COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84870443289     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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