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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.
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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
Breen AJ.
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Animal Culture and Animal Welfare
Philosophy of Science, 2022 AbstractFollowing 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. Having a culture is of deep importance for cultural animals, wherever they live.
Simon Fitzpatrick, Kristin Andrews
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Animal Culture: Chimpanzee Conformity? [PDF]
Current Biology, 2012 Culture-like phenomena in wild animals have received much attention, but how good is the evidence and how similar are they to human culture? New data on chimpanzees suggest their culture may even have an element of conformity.
C. V. van Schaik
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Animal culture: conservation in a changing world. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol SciSocial learning and animal culture can influence conservation outcomes in significant ways. Culture is a dynamic phenomenon; socially learned behaviours can be transmitted within and/or between generations and among populations, which can facilitate ...
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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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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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Animal culture: But of which kind?
Studies in history and philosophy of science, 2021 Is animal culture a real entity or is it rather just in the eye of the beholder? The concept of culture began to be increasingly used in the context of animal behaviour research around the 1960s.
Hugo Viciana
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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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Using nonhuman culture in conservation requires careful and concerted action
Conservation Letters, 2022 Discussions of how animal culture can aid the conservation crisis are burgeoning. As scientists and conservationists working to protect endangered species, we call for reflection on how the culture concept may be applied in practice.
Susana Carvalho +20 more
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