Conformist learning in nine-spined sticklebacks' foraging decisions

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-468

  Pike, Thomas W ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural evolution; Evolutionary game theory; Social learning; Social learning strategy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION; TELEOST; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GAME; IMITATION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ENGLAND; GAME THEORY; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 77957263553     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1014     Document Type: Article

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