Differences in exploration behaviour in common ravens and carrion crows during development and across social context

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1209-1220

  Miller, Rachael ^a,b   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a,b   Pölzl, Kerstin ^a,b   Schwab, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corvid; Exploration; Neophobia; Ontogeny; Social context; Species differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 84930926056     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1935-8     Document Type: Article

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