Field and laboratory methods in animal cognition : a comparative guide /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bueno-Guerra, Nereida, 1988- (Editor), Amici, Federica (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ants : individual and social cognition
  • Bats : using sound to reveal cognition
  • Bees : the experimental umwelt of honeybees
  • Carib grackles : field and lab work on a tame, opportunistic island icterid
  • Chicken : cognition in the poultry yard
  • Chimpanzees : investigating cognition in the wild
  • Dolphins and whales : taking cognitive research out of the tanks and into the wild
  • Elephants : studying cognition in the African savannah
  • Fish : how to ask them the right questions
  • Hermit crabs : information gathering by the hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus
  • Hyenas : testing cognition in the umwelt of the spotted hyena
  • Lizards : measuring cognition : practical challenges and the influence of ecology and social behaviour
  • Meerkats : identifying cognitive mechanisms underlying meerkat coordination and communication : experimental designs in their natural habitat
  • Octopuses : mind in the waters
  • Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) : cognitive and communicative abilities
  • Sharks : elasmobranch cognition
  • Spiders : hints for testing cognition and learning in jumping spiders
  • Tortoises : cold-blooded cognition : how to get a tortoise out of its shell.