Social Learning: Ants and the Meaning of Teaching

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Leadbeater, Ellouise ^a   Raine, Nigel E ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; BEE; HUMAN; LEARNING; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; HUMANS; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33646178093     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.078     Document Type: Short Survey

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