A comparative study of geometric rule learning by nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana), pigeons (Columba livia), and Jackdaws (Corvus monedula)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 350-356

  Jones, Juli E ^a,b,d   Antoniadis, Elena ^c   Shettleworth, Sara J ^c   Kamil, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047669205     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.4.350     Document Type: Article

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