Social learning: The importance of copying others

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Grüter, Christoph ^a   Leadbeater, Ellouise ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957836697     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.06.052     Document Type: Short Survey

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