Experimental identification of social learning in wild animals.

Journal article

Field experiments can provide compelling demonstrations of social learning in wild populations. Social learning has been experimentally demonstrated in at least 23 field experiments, in 20 species, covering a range of contexts, such as foraging preferences and techniques, habitat choice, and predator avoidance. We review experimental approaches taken in the field and with wild animals brought into captivity and note how these approaches can be extended. Relocating individuals, introducing tra...

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Authors: Reader, S; Biro, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Learning and behavior
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 265-283
• Publication date: 2010-08-01
• DOI: 10.3758/lb.38.3.265
• EISSN: 1543-4508
• ISSN: 1543-4494
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Animals, Wild; Culture; Social Environment; Male; Hierarchy, Social; Species Specificity; Imitative Behavior; Learning; Association Learning; Models, Theoretical; Behavior, Animal; Female