Rogers' paradox recast and resolved: Population structure and the evolution of social learning strategies

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 534-548

  Rendell, Luke ^a   Fogarty, Laurel ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Evolution; Learning; Social learning strategy; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; FITNESS; LEARNING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 75149129192     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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