Size does not matter, but features do: Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) weigh features more heavily than geometry in large and small enclosures

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-11

  Lambinet, Veronika ^a   Wilzeck, Christiane ^a   Kelly, Debbie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clark's nutcrackers; Environment size; Features; Geometry; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GEOMETRY; PASSERINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

AVES; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA;

CLARK'S NUTCRACKERS; ENVIRONMENT SIZE; FEATURES; GEOMETRY; REORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; PASSERIFORMES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896702444     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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