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16 - Avian Social Relations, Social Cognition and Cooperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2017

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Thomas Bugnyar  and
Jorg J.M. Massen
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Carel ten Cate  and
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Carel ten Cate
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Universiteit Leiden
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University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Avian Cognition , pp. 314 - 336
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