Animal Behavior: The Raised-by-Wolves Predicament.

Published

Journal Article

Social learning poses a particular problem for brood parasites, which are raised by adults of another species. Brood-parasitic cowbirds use a password, a simple signal that aids the young in identifying appropriate models for learning of their species' behaviors.

Full Text

Duke Authors

Nowicki, Stephen

Cited Authors

Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S

Published Date

December 2019

Published In

Current Biology : Cb

Volume / Issue

29 / 23

Start / End Page

R1243 - R1244

PubMed ID

31794758

Pubmed Central ID

31794758

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1879-0445

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0960-9822

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.064

Language

eng