Visual Cues Given by Humans Are Not Sufficient for Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) to Find Hidden Food

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Plotnik, Joshua M ^a,b,c   Pokorny, Jennifer J ^b,d   Keratimanochaya, Titiporn ^c   Webb, Christine ^b,e   Beronja, Hana F ^f   Hennessy, Alice ^f   Hill, James ^f   Hill, Virginia J ^f   Kiss, Rebecca ^f   Maguire, Caitlin ^f   Melville, Beckett L ^f   Morrison, Violet M B ^f   Seecoomar, Dannah ^f   Singer, Benjamin ^f   Ukehaxhaj, Jehona ^f   Vlahakis, Sophia K ^f   Ylli, Dora ^f   Clayton, Nicola S ^a   Roberts, John ^c   Fure, Emilie L ^f   Duchatelier, Alicia P ^f   Getz, David ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Think Elephants International   (United States)

^c Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f East Side Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CUES; ELEPHANTS; FOOD; HUMANS; THAILAND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EQUIDAE; PAN;

EID: 84876268558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061174     Document Type: Article

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