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Bibliographic entry:

Dally JM, Emery NJ, Clayton NS (2006) “Food-caching western scrub-jays keep track of who was watching when.” Science 312(5780):1662-5

Abstract:

Western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica) hide food caches for future consumption, steal others' caches, and engage in tactics to minimize the chance that their own caches will be stolen. We show that scrub-jays remember which individual watched them during particular caching events and alter their recaching behavior accordingly. We found no evidence to suggest that a storer's use of cache protection tactics is cued by the observer's behavior.

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Publication type:Journal Article
Publication status:In print, Electronically published
Publication date:2006 Jun 16
Electronic publication date:2006 May 18
Languages:English
DOI:10.1126/science.1126539
ISSN:0036-8075
ESSN:1095-9203
Record status:PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE