Goats favour personal over social information in an experimental foraging task
Animals can use their environments more efficiently by selecting particular sources of information (personal or social), according to specific situations. Group-living animals may benefit from gaining information based on the behaviour of other individuals. Indeed, social information is assumed to b...
Main Authors: | Luigi Baciadonna, Alan G. McElligott, Elodie F. Briefer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2013-09-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/172.pdf |
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