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Spontaneous innovation in tool manufacture and use in a Goffin’s cockatoo
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Metadata
- Authors
- Auersperg, A. M. I., Szabo, B., von Bayern, A. M. P., & Kacelnik, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Auersperg, Alice M.I.
- Kacelnik, Alex
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- R903-R904
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2108227509
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 8.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 370 d)
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Keywords
- tool innovation, Goffin's cockatoo, tool manufacture, animal cognition, comparative cognition, captive animal behavior
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Intelligence, Learning, Cockatoos, Tool Use Behavior
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