A critical evaluation of neophobia in corvids: causes, consequences and conservation implications
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Neophobia, or the fear of novelty, is thought to restrict animals’ ecological niches and hinder their propensity for innovation; two processes that should limit behavioural adjustment to human-induced changes in the environment. However, birds within the corvid family (
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Clayton, Nicola