Social learning and culture in animals

Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 623-653

  Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79957755813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_20     Document Type: Chapter

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