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Author van Schaik, C.P.
Title Social learning and culture in animals Type Book Chapter
Year 2010 Publication Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 623-653
Keywords Life Sciences
Abstract Most animals must learn some of the behaviours in their repertoire, and some must learn most. Although learning is often thought of as an individual exercise, in nature much learning is social, i.e. under the influence of conspecifics. Social learners acquire novel information or skills faster and at lower cost, but risk learning false information or useless skills. Social learning can be divided into learning from social information and learning through social interaction. Different species have different mechanisms of learning from social information, ranging from selective attention to the environment due to the presence of others to copying of complete motor sequences. In vertical (or oblique) social learning, naïve individuals often learn skills or knowledge from parents (or other adults), whereas horizontal social learning is from peers, either immatures or adults, and more often concerns eavesdropping and public information use. Because vertical social learning is often adaptive, maturing individuals often have a preference for it over individual exploration. The more cognitively demanding social learning abilities probably evolved in this context, in lineages where offspring show long association with parents and niches are complex. Because horizontal learning can be maladaptive, especially when perishable information has become outdated, animals must decide when to deploy social learning. Social learning of novel skills can lead to distinct traditions or cultures when the innovations are sufficiently rare and effectively transmitted socially. Animal cultures may be common but to date taxonomic coverage is insufficient to know how common. Cultural evolution is potentially powerful, but largely confined to humans, for reasons currently unknown. A general theory of culture is therefore badly needed.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor (up) Kappeler, P.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5268
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Author Kerth, G.
Title Group decision-making in animal societies Type Book Chapter
Year 2010 Publication Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 241-265
Keywords Life Sciences
Abstract Individuals need to coordinate their activities to benefit from group living. Thus group decisions are essential for societies, especially if group members cooperate with each other. Models show that shared (democratic) decisions outperform unshared (despotic) decisions, even if individuals disagree about actions. This is surprising as in most other contexts, differences in individual preferences lead to sex-, age-, or kin-specific behaviour. Empirical studies testing the predictions of the theoretical models have only recently begun to emerge. This applies particularly to group decisions in fission-fusion societies, where individuals can avoid decisions that are not in their interest. After outlining the basic ideas and theoretical models on group decision-making I focus on the available empirical studies. Originally most of the relevant studies have been on social insects and fish but recently an increasing number of studies on mammals and birds have been published, including some that deal with wild long-lived animals living in complex societies. This includes societies where group members have different interests, as in most mammals, and which have been less studied compared to eusocial insects that normally have no conflict among their colony members about what to do. I investigate whether the same decision rules apply in societies with conflict and without conflict, and outline open questions that remain to be studied. The chapter concludes with a synthesis on what is known about group decision-making in animals and an outlook on what I think should be done to answer the open questions.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor (up) Kappeler, P.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5381
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Author Giraldeau, Luc-Alain
Title The ecology of information use Type Book Chapter
Year 1997 Publication Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Blackwell Science Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Editor (up) Krebs, J.R.; Davies, N.B.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ 35114973 Serial 4277
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Author McGregor, P.K.; Dabelsteen, T.
Title Communication Networks Type Book Chapter
Year 1976 Publication Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 409-425
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Publisher Cornell University Press Place of Publication Ithaca Editor (up) Kroodsma, D. E.; Miller, E. H.
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ISSN ISBN 978-0801482212 Medium
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2167
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Author Bökönyi, S.
Title Horse Type Book Chapter
Year 1984 Publication Evolution of domesticated animals Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue Pages 162-173
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons Place of Publication Hoboken, NJ Editor (up) Manson
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ISSN ISBN Product Details * Hardcover * Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (May 1986) * ISBN-10: 047020 Medium
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Call Number Serial 949
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Author Byrne R.W.
Title The evolution of intelligence Type Book Chapter
Year 1994 Publication Behaviour and Evolution Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 223-265
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Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge,UK Editor (up) P.J.B. Slater and T.R. Halliday
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6566
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Author Rubenstein, D. I.,
Title Ecology and sociality in horses and zebras Type Book Chapter
Year 1986 Publication Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution
Volume Issue Pages 282-302
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Publisher Princeton University Press Place of Publication Princeton, NJ. Editor (up) Rubenstein, D. I. ; Wrangham, R. W.
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Call Number Serial 1526
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Author Clutton-Brock, J.
Title Origins of the dog: domestication and early history Type Book Chapter
Year 1995 Publication The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Editor (up) Serpell, J.A.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Clutton-Brock1995 Serial 6247
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Author Van Horik, J.; Clayton, N.; Emery, N.
Title Convergent evolution of cognition in Corvids, Apes and other animals Type Book Chapter
Year 2012 Publication Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication New York Editor (up) Vonk, J.; Shackelford, T.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Van Horik2012 Serial 6284
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