Clark’s Nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) Flexibly Adapt Caching Behaviour to a Cooperative Context

Corvids recognize when their caches are at risk of being stolen by others and have developed strategies to protect these caches from pilferage. For instance, Clark’s nutcrackers will suppress the number of caches they make if being observed by a potential thief. However, cache protection has most of...

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Main Authors: Dawson Clary, Debbie M Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01643/full