The effects of group size, rate of turnover and disruption to demonstration on the stability of foraging traditions in fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 565-572

  Stanley, Edward L ^a   Kendal, Rachel L ^a   Kendal, Jeremy R ^a   Grounds, Sarah ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; fish; foraging; guppy; Poecilia reticulate; social learning; southern platyfish; tradition; Xiphophorus maculatus

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DESIGN; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUP SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; SWIMMING; TURNOVER;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 38649133353     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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