Sökning: "Animal ecology Djurekologi Corvidae Paridae dominance rank memory food hoarding foraging hippocampus"

Hittade 1 avhandling innehållade orden Animal ecology Djurekologi Corvidae Paridae dominance rank memory food hoarding foraging hippocampus.

1. 1. Food hoarding: Memory and social conditions - an evolutionary approach

   Författare :Ken Lundborg; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Djurekologi; Animal ecology; Corvidae; Paridae; dominance rank; memory; food hoarding; foraging; hippocampus; birds; behavioural ecology;

   Sammanfattning : Food hoarding is a widespread behavior among a large number of animals, and it exists in several different varieties, all of them used by the animals as a method of having a steady supply of food during periods of low food abundance such as the winter. This thesis concentrates mainly on two aspects of scatter food hoarding behavior, using small birds as study and model animals. LÄS MER