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Bird Play Behavior

Bird Play Behavior is a scientific construct within the study of animal behavior that specifically characterizes the observable, often repetitive, and apparently non-functional actions exhibited by avian species in non-competitive or non-survival contexts, distinguished from analogous behaviors in other taxa by its occurrence within the morphological, ecological, and cognitive constraints unique to birds.

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Elephants don't play chess

Rodney A. Brooks · Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 1990 · 1.3K citations

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Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats

David F. Sherry · Ethology · 2001 · 523 citations

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The black-capped chickadee: behavioral ecology and natural history

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 303 citations

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The hawk-dove game played between relatives

Alan Grafen · Animal Behaviour · 1979 · 230 citations

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Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow II. The Behavior of the Song Sparrow and Other Passerines.

Jean M. Linsdale, Margaret M. Nice · The American Midland Naturalist · 1944 · 206 citations · Full text

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  1. AB
    Alan B. Bond

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    3 publications · 201 citations

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  2. DF
    David F. Sherry

    Western University, Canada

    2 publications · 673 citations

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  3. AM
    Alice M. I. Auersperg

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  4. CS
    Christopher S. Evans

    Macquarie University, Australia

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. SA
    Stan A. Kuczaj

    University of Southern Mississippi, United States

    2 publications · 121 citations

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133

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    363 citations

  2. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

  3. New York State Museum

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

  4. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

    Syracuse, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  5. Western University

    London, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    568 citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    82 citations

  7. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    189 citations

  8. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    13 publications · 973 citations

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  2. Behaviour

    6 publications · 263 citations

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  3. Ethology

    5 publications · 737 citations

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  4. Ornithological Applications

    5 publications · 98 citations

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