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eLife, 2021 Eurasian jays have been reported to protect their caches by responding to cues about either the visual perspective or current desire of an observing conspecific, similarly to other corvids.
Piero Amodio +4 more
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Is the Hitchcock Story Really True? Public Opinion on Hooded Crows in Cities as Input to Management
Animals, 2022 In recent years, the Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) has become one of the most successful wild bird species in urban environments across Europe. Hooded crows can cause several problems in cities, including trash scattering, noise disturbance, and aggressive
László Kövér +8 more
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How Flexible is Tool Use in Eurasian Jays (Garrulus glandarius)? [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2020 Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) do not habitually use tools, yet they can be trained to solve object-dropping tasks, i.e., to insert a tool into an apparatus to release a food reward.
Piero Amodio +4 more
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The social life of corvids [PDF]
Current Biology, 2007 In large social groups with a linear dominance hierarchy, such as many corvid societies, the ability to make inferences about the relative status of individuals within this hierarchy is an important skill, often called transitive inference. For example, if Bob is more dominant than Joe, and Joe is more dominant than Simon, and Bob and Simon have a ...
Clayton, Nicola S., Emery, Nathan J.
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Blood parasite infections in a wild population of ravens (Corvus corax) in Bulgaria
Malaria Journal, 2018 Background Blood parasites have been studied intensely in many families of avian hosts, but corvids, a particularly cosmopolitan family, remain underexplored.
Peter Shurulinkov +3 more
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The evolution and development of visual perspective taking [PDF]
, 2019 I outline three conceptions of seeing that a creature might possess: ‘the headlamp conception,’ which involves an understanding of the causal connections between gazing at an object, certain mental states, and behavior; ‘the stage lights conception ...
Andrews K. +13 more
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Public Affairs Quarterly, 2017 Abstract We argue that at least some corvids morally ought to be granted a right to bodily liberty in the US legal system and relevantly similar systems. This right would grant immunity to frivolous captivity and extermination. Implementing this right will require new legislation or the expansion of existing legislation including the ...
Mark Wells, Scott Simmons, Diana Klim
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Microorganisms, 2020 The study examines whether crows are carriers of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC)-like strains, and if wetland roost areas contribute to their spread. A total of 10 crow feces (n = 71) and 15 water E.
Keya Sen +8 more
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Sign Systems Studies, 2023 The case study described in this paper is part of an emerging cultural context in both its scientific as well as societal aspects, where animals are seen more and more as social and ethical subjects and their presence in the vicinity of humans is seen ...
Pauline Delahaye
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The Corvids Literature Database - 500 years of ornithological research from a crow’s perspective [PDF]
, 2016 Corvids (Corvidae) play a major role in ornithological research. Because of their worldwide distribution, diversity and adaptiveness, they have been studied extensively.
Droege, Gabriele, Töpfer, Till
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