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Social cognition in rooks and jackdaws
Reference
BBS/B/05354
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Nathan Emery
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Nicola Clayton
Institution
University of Cambridge
Department
Zoology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
268,773
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/09/2004
End date
31/08/2007
Duration
36 months
Abstract
Visual perspective-taking and knowledge attribution will be investigated in rooks and jackdaws using a food-caching paradigm. Storers need to protect their caches from potential thieves, and pilferers should enhance their ability to steal others caches. Rooks and jackdaw pilfer other birds caches, but only rooks store food. We shall a) examine cache protection strategies (hiding, re-caching in new sites and false caching), understanding the threat of who is watching (heterospecific, stranger, partner), and their mental state (motivation, attention, knowledge) in food-storing rooks, and b) compare pilfering strategies (observational memory, hiding, distraction) and knowledge attribution in both rooks and non-storing jackdaws.
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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