Necessity or capacity? Physiological state predicts problem-solving performance in house sparrows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-135

  Bókony, Veronika ^a   Lendvai, Ádám Z ^b,c   Vágási, Csongor I ^d,e   Pǎtraş, Laura ^d   Pap, Péter L ^d   Németh, József ^e   Vincze, Erno ^a   Papp, Sándor ^a   Preiszner, Bálint ^a   Seress, Gábor ^a   Liker, András ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal innovation; Coccidiosis; Learning; Oxidative status; Stress physiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; AVIFAUNA; COGNITION; FITNESS; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STEROID; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84890739709     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art094     Document Type: Article

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