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Author van Schaik, C.P. doi  isbn
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  Title Social learning and culture in animals Type (up) 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 Because horizontal learning can be maladaptive, especially when perishable information has become outdated, animals must decide when to deploy social learning.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 Kappeler, P.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-02624-9 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5268  
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Author Waiblinger, S isbn  openurl
  Title Animal welfare and housing Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 2009 Publication Welfare of Production Animals:: Assessment and Management of Risks (Food Safety Assurance and Veterinary Public Health) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 79-111  
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  Publisher Wageningen Acad. Publ. Place of Publication Wageningen Editor Smulders, F. J.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-90-8686-122-4. Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5302  
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Author Rogers, L.J. doi  isbn
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  Title Evolution of Side Biases: Motor versus Sensory Lateralization Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 2002 Publication Side Bias: A Neuropsychological Perspective Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 3-40-40  
  Keywords Medicine & Public Health  
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  Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of Publication Editor Mandal, M.K.; Bulman-Fleming, M.B.; Tiwari, G.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-0-306-46884-1 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5357  
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Author Kerth, G. doi  isbn
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  Title Group decision-making in animal societies Type (up) 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 Kappeler, P.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5381  
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Author Noë, R. openurl 
  Title Alliance formation among male hamadryas baboons: shopping for profitable partners Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 1992 Publication Coalitions and alliances in humans and other animals Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 284-321  
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  Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Editor Harcourt, A.H.; deWaal, F.B.M.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5405  
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Author Parrish, J. K.; Viscido, S. V. openurl 
  Title Traffic rules of fish schools: A review of agent-based approaches. Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 2005 Publication Self-organisation and the evolution of social behaviour. Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 50-80  
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  Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Editor C. K. Hemelrijk  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5419  
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Author Gouzoules, S.; Gouzoules, H. openurl 
  Title Kinship Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 1987 Publication Primate societies Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 299-305  
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  Publisher University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago Editor Smuts, B. B.; Cheney, D. L.; Seyfarth, R. M.; Wrangham, R. W.; Struhsaker T. T  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5430  
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Author Houpt, K. A.; Boyd L. openurl 
  Title Social Behaviour Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 1994 Publication Przewalski's horse Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher State university of New York Press Place of Publication Albany Editor Boyd L.; Houpt, K. A.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5433  
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Author Boyd, L.; Keiper, R. openurl 
  Title Behavioural ecology of feral horses Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 2005 Publication The domestic horse: the origins, development, and management of its behaviour Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Editor Mills, D. S.; McDonnell S. M.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5439  
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Author Harcourt, A. H. isbn  openurl
  Title Coalitions and alliances: are primates more complex than non-primates? Type (up) Book Chapter
  Year 1992 Publication Coalitions and alliances in humans and other animals Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Editor Harcourt, A.H.; de Waal, F.B.M.  
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  ISSN ISBN 0-19-854273-9 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5440  
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