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Restricted gene flow and fine-scale population structuring in tool using New Caledonian crows.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Apr 2012
Rutz C, Ryder T B, Fleischer R C
Abstract excerpt
New Caledonian crows Corvus moneduloides are the most prolific avian tool users. It has been suggested that some aspects of their complex tool use behaviour are under the influence of cultural processes, involving the social transmission-and perhaps even progressive refinement-of tool designs. Using microsatellite and mt-haplotype profiling of crows from three distinct habitats (dry forest, farmland and beachside...
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