Tipping points among social learners: Tools from varied disciplines

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-306

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Networks; Social learning; Thresholds; Time series; Tipping points

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877759368     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.2.298     Document Type: Article

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