Coexistence of individual and social learners during range expansion

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-140

  Wakano, Joe Y ^a   Kawasaki, Kohkichi ^b   Shigesada, Nanako ^b   Aoki, Kenichi ^c  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Mathematical model; Out of Africa; Reaction diffusion system; Traveling wave solution

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CULTURAL CHANGE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; LEARNING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CRIME; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79960631213     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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