Tradeoffs between the strength of conformity and number of conformists in variable environments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 332, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-202

  Kandler, Anne ^a,b   Laland, Kevin N ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian Computation; Conformity; Cultural diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION; CONFORMITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878533174     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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