Evolution of learning in subdivided populations that occupy environmentally heterogeneous sites

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-368

  Aoki, Kenichi ^a   Nakahashi, Wataru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burst of innovative behaviors; Irregular migration pattern; Maladaptive behavior; Population size at equilibrium; Range expansion; Stepping stone models; Transient spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; LEARNING; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 55949132315     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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