The contribution of private and public information in foraging by Australasian gannets

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 849-858

  Machovsky Capuska, Gabriel E ^a,b   Hauber, Mark E ^c   Libby, Eric ^b   Amiot, Christophe ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Information centre hypothesis; Local enhancement; Morus serrator; Seabirds; Water rafts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84903130089     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0716-x     Document Type: Article

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