Mammalian social learning : comparative and ecological perspectives

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