Avian Social Learning

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 124-130

  Lefebvre, L ^a   Boogert, N J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm call; Blue tit; Brain size; Cultural transmission; Demonstrator; Group foraging; Habitat; Heterospecific social learning; Imitation; Individual learning; Innovation; Nest site; Observer; Oscine; Passerine; Predator; Producer; Scrounger; Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885099723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00060-7     Document Type: Chapter

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