From the lab to the world: The paradigmatic assumption and the functional cognition of avian foraging

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 328-340

  Sulikowski, Danielle ^a   Burke, Darren ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian foraging; Functional cognition; Informational properties; Paradigmatic assumption

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84925450282     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.328     Document Type: Article

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