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Foraging behaviour patterns of herring gulls elicited by electrical forebrain stimulation

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Zwei artspezitische Verhaltensabläufe, die Silbermöwen (Larus argentatus) bei der Futtersuche und Futteraufnahme zeigen, wurden durch elektrische Reizung begrenzter Bezirke des rostralen Vorderhirns experimentell hervorgerufen. Diese Befunde stützen vergleichend-anatomische Schlussfolgerungen über die funktionelle Rolle des rostralen Vorderhirns bei Vögeln.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, England

    Juan D. Delius

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The work was supported by grants from the United States Air Force, the Science Research Council and the Royal Society to ProfessorN. Tinbergen and myself. It was partially carried out at the Department of Zoology, Oxford. The assistance of Dr.G. Thompson and Mr.A. Jackson is gratefully acknowledged.

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Delius, J.D. Foraging behaviour patterns of herring gulls elicited by electrical forebrain stimulation. Experientia 27, 1287–1289 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02136691

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