The role of age-specific learning and experience for turtles navigating a changing landscape

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 333-337

  Roth, Timothy C ^a   Krochmal, Aaron R ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLES;

EID: 84922907691     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.048     Document Type: Article

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