Animal social networks as substrate for cultural behavioural diversity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-28

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Lusseau, David ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association index; Social learning; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; INNOVATION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURE; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80855130429     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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