Size-dependent directed social learning in nine-spined sticklebacks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-375

  Duffy, Grant A ^a   Pike, Thomas W ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foraging; nine spined stickleback; patch assessment; public information; Pungitius pungitius; social learning

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PATCHINESS; SIZE EFFECT; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 68349155806     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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