Learning from the mistakes of others: How female elk (Cervus elaphus) adjust behaviour with age to avoid hunters.
In animal behaviour, there is a dichotomy between innate behaviours (e.g., temperament or personality traits) versus those behaviours shaped by learning. Innate personality traits are supposedly less evident in animals when confounded by learning acquired with experience through time. Learning might...
Main Authors: | Henrik Thurfjell, Simone Ciuti, Mark S Boyce |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5470680?pdf=render |
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