Potential disadvantages of using socially acquired information

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1427, 2002, Pages 1559-1566

  Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a   Valone, Thomas J ^b   Templeton, Jennifer J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informational cascades; Public information; Sampling; Social learning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037195887     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1065     Document Type: Review

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