Cultural inheritance and diversification of diet in variable environments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-166

  van der Post, Daniel J ^a,b   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cultural diversification; cultural inheritance; cumulative cultural change; diet; diet innovation; environmental change; individual based model; opportunities; self organization; social learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349204792     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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