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A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2021 A key goal of conservation is to protect biodiversity by supporting the long-term persistence of viable, natural populations of wild species. Conservation practice has long been guided by genetic, ecological and demographic indicators of risk.
Philippa Brakes +24 more
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Animal culture research should include avian nest construction [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2021 Material culture—that is, group-shared and socially learned object-related behaviour(s)—is a widespread and diverse phenomenon in humans. For decades, researchers have sought to confirm the existence of material culture in non-human animals; however, the
Alexis J. Breen
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Animals, 2023 Cetaceans are well known for their unique behavioral habits, such as calls and tactics. The possibility that these are acquired through social learning continues to be explored. This study investigates the ability of a young beluga whale to imitate novel
José Zamorano-Abramson +1 more
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Animal Culture and Animal Welfare
Philosophia Scientiæ, 2022 Following recent arguments that cultural practices in wild animal populations have important conservation implications, we argue that recognizing captive animals as cultural has important welfare implications.
S. Fitzpatrick, Kristin Andrews
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Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation
Conservation Letters, 2022 Human–wildlife cooperation occurs when humans and free‐living wild animals actively coordinate their behavior to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome.
Jessica E. M. van der Wal +42 more
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The emergence of animal culture conservation
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006 Paola Laiolo, Roger Jovani
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From Beethoven to Beyoncé: Do Changing Aesthetic Cultures Amount to “Cumulative Cultural Evolution?”
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Culture can be defined as “group typical behaviour patterns shared by members of a community that rely on socially learned and transmitted information” (Laland and Hoppitt, 2003, p. 151).
Natalie C. Sinclair +4 more
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Migratory convergence facilitates cultural transmission of humpback whale song [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Cultural transmission of behaviour is important in a wide variety of vertebrate taxa from birds to humans. Vocal traditions and vocal learning provide a strong foundation for studying culture and its transmission in both humans and cetaceans.
Clare Owen +10 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Wild chimpanzee tool use is highly diverse and, in many cases, exhibits cultural variation: tool-use behaviours and techniques differ between communities and are passed down generations through social learning. Honey dipping – the use of sticks or leaves
Joana Bessa +5 more
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Social learning through associative processes: a computational theory [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Social transmission of information is a key phenomenon in the evolution of behaviour and in the establishment of traditions and culture. The diversity of social learning phenomena has engendered a diverse terminology and numerous ideas about underlying ...
Johan Lind +2 more
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