A critical evaluation of neophobia in corvids : causes, consequences and conservation implications
Neophobia, or the fear of novelty, is thought to restrict animals’ ecological niches and hinder their propensity for innovation; two processes that should limit behavioural adjustment to human-induced changes in the environment. However, birds within the corvid family Corvidae defy this trend by bei...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
University of Cambridge
2016
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.701955 |