Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population
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aDépartement de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, Montréal, QC, Canada b School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, U.K. cDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada dCNRS, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Department of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, Villeurbanne, France eAnimal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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