Social transmission of maladaptive information in the guppy

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 493-499

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Williams, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guppies; Information transmission; Maladaption; Poecilia reticulata; Social learning; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0031695912     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.5.493     Document Type: Article

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