Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds

Lucy M. Aplin (), Damien R. Farine, Julie Morand-Ferron, Andrew Cockburn, Alex Thornton and Ben C. Sheldon
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Lucy M. Aplin: Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Damien R. Farine: Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Julie Morand-Ferron: University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 9B2, Canada
Andrew Cockburn: Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600, Australia
Alex Thornton: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK
Ben C. Sheldon: Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7540, 538-541

Abstract: How socially transmitted behaviours spread and persist is shown in a wild animal population, revealing an effect of social conformity.

Date: 2015
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