Food preference and copying behaviour in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 109, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 145-150

  Guillette, Lauren M ^a   Morgan, Kate V ^a   Hall, Zachary J ^a   Bailey, Ida E ^a   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Colour preference; Copying; Food choice; Social learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COLOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL LEARNING; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FINCH; IMITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; FOOD PREFERENCES; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 84912066813     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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