Lessons from animal teaching

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 486-493

  Hoppitt, William J E ^a   Brown, Gillian R ^a   Kendal, Rachel ^b   Rendell, Luke ^a   Thornton, Alex ^c   Webster, Mike M ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; BEE; CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; LEARNING; PASSERINE; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; PAN; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 49049086679     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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