Effects of social and social learning on longevity of food preference traditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1313-1322

  Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a   Whiskin, Elaine E ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ASOCIAL LEARNING; FOOD PREFERENCE; NORWAY RAT; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031150174     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0366     Document Type: Article

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