Resource distributions affect social learning on multiple timescales

We study how learning is shaped by foraging opportunities and self-organizing processes and how this impacts on the effects of “copying what neighbors eat” on multiple timescales. We use an individual-based model with a rich environment, where group foragers learn what to eat. We vary foraging oppor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: van der Post, Daniel J., Ursem, Bas, Hogeweg, Paulien
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728903/