Ecological, morphological and behavioural aspects of tool-use in New Caledonian crows

New Caledonian crows are amongst the most sophisticated tool-users in the animal kingdom. In this thesis I present my findings from various aspects of the crows’ behavioural ecology, morphology and cognition, contributing to our understanding of how this fascinating tool-use behaviour might have evo...

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Main Author: Troscianko, Jolyon Tomasz
Published: University of Birmingham 2012
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556915