Multiple-landmark piloting in pigeons (Columba livia): Landmark configuration as a discriminative cue

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-403

  Sutton, Jennifer E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85047673074     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.4.391     Document Type: Article

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