Foraging skills develop over generations in the wild

Andrew Whiten ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 562, issue 7726, 198-200

Abstract: The movements of relocated wild animals reveal that a lost migratory skill was regained over successive generations. This suggests that skill improvements can occur over time as animals learn expertise from each other.

Keywords: Animal; behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06867-3

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