The evolution of social learning rules: Payoff-biased and frequency-dependent biased transmission

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Kendal, Jeremy ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^b   Laland, Kevin ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural evolution; Gene culture coevolution; Social learning; Social learning strategy

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE; LEARNING; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68949177116     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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