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12 - Relational Concept Learning in Birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2017

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Leyre Castro  and
Edward A. Wasserman
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Carel ten Cate  and
Susan D. Healy
Carel ten Cate
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
Susan D. Healy
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Avian Cognition , pp. 229 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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