ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020
Do puffins use tools?
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evidence of self-care tooling and phylogenetic modeling reveal parrot tool use is not rare.iScience · 2025Article
- Extending the Reach of Tooling Theory: A Neurocognitive and Phylogenetic Perspective.Topics in cognitive science · 2021Article
- Self-care tooling innovation in a disabled kea (Nestor notabilis).Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Uncertainty in experts' judgments exposes the vulnerability of research reporting anecdotes on animals' cognitive abilities.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Reply to Auersperg et al.: Puffin tool use is no fluke.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- How to Report Anecdotal Observations? A New Approach Based on a Lesson From "Puffin Tool Use".Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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