Resource distributions affect social learning on multiple timescales

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1643-1658

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural inheritance; Diet development; Individual based model; Learning opportunities; Multiple timescales; Self organization; Social learning

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HERITABILITY; LEARNING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952670650     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0771-0     Document Type: Article

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