Hilary Box / Kathleen Gibson (eds.)

Mammalian Social Learning

Herausgeber: Box, Hilary O.; Gibson, Kathleen R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comparative study of social learning and its implications in a wide range of mammalian species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9780521632638
• ISBN-10: 0521632633
• Artikelnr.: 21779883

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Part I. New Perspectives in Studies of
Social Learning: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson; 1.
The myth of peculiar primates Thelma Rowell; 2. New directions in the study
of primate learning Barbara J. King; 3. Temperament and socially mediated
learning among primates Hilary O. Box; 4. Evolutionary biology of skill and
information transfer Richard M. Sibly; Part II. Social Learning Among
Species of Terrestrial Herbivores: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and
Kathleen R. Gibson; 5. Social learning in marsupials Karen Higginbottom and
David B. Croft; 6. The social context for learning and behavioural
development among wild African elephants Phyllis C. Lee and Cynthia J.
Moss; 7. Comparative social learning among arctic herbivores: the caribou,
muskox and arctic hare David R. Klein; 8. Transmission of olfactory
information from mother to young in the European rabbit Robyn Hudson,
Benoist Schaal and Ágnes Bilkó; 9. Social transfer of information in
domestic animals Donald M. Broom; Part III. Rats, Bats and Naked Mole-Rats:
Animals With Information Centres: Editors' comments Kathleen R. Gibson and
Hilary O. Box; 10. Exploring the dynamics of social transmission with rats
Kevin N. Laland; 11. Social influences on foraging in bats Gerald S.
Wilkinson and Janette Wenrick Boughman; 12. Social transmission of
information in a eusocial rodent, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus
glaber) Chris G. Faulkes; Part IV. Social Learning Among Species of
Terrestrial Carnivores: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R.
Gibson; 13. Opportunities for social learning in bears Barrie K. Gilbert;
14. Watch with mother: a review of social learning in the Felidae Andrew C.
Kitchener; 15. Social learning in canids: an ecological perspective Jan A.
J. Nel; Part V. Dolphins and Whales: Communication and Foraging in Aquatic
Environments: Editors' comments Kathleen R. Gibson and Hilary O. Box; 16.
Social learning in cetaceans: hunting, hearing and hierarchies James R.
Boran and Sara L. Heimlich; 17. Origins and implications of vocal learning
in bottlenose dolphins Vincent M. Janik; Part VI. The Great Ape-Human
Adaptation: Culture and the Cognitive Niche: Editors' comments Kathleen R.
Gibson and Hilary O. Box; 18. Cognition in great ape ecology:
skill-learning ability opens up foraging opportunities Richard W. Byrne;
19. Social transmission of facts and skills in the human species: neural
mechanisms Kathleen R. Gibson; 20. Cultural learning in hominids: a
behavioural ecological approach Stephen J. Shennan and James Steele; 21.
Imitation and cultural change: a view from the Stone Age, with specific
reference to the manufacture of handaxes Steven Mithen; Part VII.
Concluding Remarks: 22. Social learning and behavioural strategies among
mammals Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson; Index.