Means-end comprehension in four parrot species: Explained by social complexity

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-764

  Krasheninnikova, Anastasia ^a   Bräger, Stefan ^b   Wanker, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ara chloroptera; Cacatua galerita triton; Comparative cognition; Forpus conspicillatus; Means end relationship; Trichoglossus haematodus

Indexed keywords

ARA CHLOROPTERUS; CACATUA GALERITA; CACATUA GALERITA TRITON; CACATUIDAE; FORPUS CONSPICILLATUS; PSITTACIDAE; TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATODUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EVOLUTION; PARROT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; PARROTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882910299     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0609-z     Document Type: Article

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