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

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  • Lucy M. Aplin

    (Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600, Australia)

  • Damien R. Farine

    (Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    University of California
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 9100, Panama)

  • 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
    Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

Abstract

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

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  • Lucy M. Aplin & Damien R. Farine & Julie Morand-Ferron & Andrew Cockburn & Alex Thornton & Ben C. Sheldon, 2015. "Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds," Nature, Nature, vol. 518(7540), pages 538-541, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:518:y:2015:i:7540:d:10.1038_nature13998
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13998
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    3. Denton, Kaleda K. & Ram, Yoav & Feldman, Marcus W., 2022. "Conformity and content-biased cultural transmission in the evolution of altruism," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 52-61.
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    8. R. Croston & C.L. Branch & D.Y. Kozlovsky & R. Dukas & V.V. Pravosudov, 2015. "Heritability and the evolution of cognitive traits," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 26(6), pages 1447-1459.
    9. Markus Germar & Amira Sultan & Juliane Kaminski & Andreas Mojzisch, 2018. "Dogs (Canis familiaris) stick to what they have learned rather than conform to their conspecifics’ behavior," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-16, March.
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