Identifying teaching in wild animals

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-309

  Thornton, Alex ^a   Raihani, Nichola J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; IMITATION; LEARNING; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEACHING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEACHING;

EID: 77956995113     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.38.3.297     Document Type: Article

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