Variation in plumage reflectance but not song reflects spatial cognitive performance in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
Abstract In seasonally variable environments, enhanced cognitive abilities may allow animals to adjust their behavior to changing conditions. Nonmigratory food-caching birds, like chickadees, rely on specialized spatial cognition to successfully cache and retrieve food items and survive the winter....
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Idioma: | English |
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Springer
2025-02-01
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Col·lecció: | Animal Cognition |
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Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-025-01935-4 |