Modelling the emergence and stability of a vertically transmitted cultural trait in bottlenose dolphins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1347-1362

  Kopps, Anna M ^a,b   Sherwin, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Dating; Fitness benefit; Individual based model; Innovation rate; Learning fidelity; Social learning; Sponging; Tursiops sp.

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; EMERGENCE; FITNESS; INNOVATION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RELATEDNESS; SPECIALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84870427642     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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