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Cultural conformity generates extremely stable traditions in bird song
oleh: Robert F. Lachlan, Oliver Ratmann, Stephen Nowicki
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01 |
Deskripsi
‘Conformist bias’, in which individuals learn a common behavioural variant more often than expected by chance, has not been demonstrated convincingly in non-human animals. This study analyses song recordings and models of cultural evolution to show conformist bias in swamp sparrow populations.