Learning, climate and the evolution of cultural capacity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-350

  Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Climate; Evolution; Learning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY; WHITE NOISE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEREDITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; NOISE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPECIES; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33847016084     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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