Accumulation of independent cultural traits

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2009.04.006zbMath1213.92075OpenAlexW2047998602WikidataQ47597052 ScholiaQ47597052MaRDI QIDQ615644

Pontus Strimling, Jonas Sjöstrand, Kimmo Eriksson, Magnus Enquist

Publication date: 5 January 2011

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2009.04.006

zbMATH Keywords

Moran modelcultural evolutionbird songcultural accumulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Difference equations (39A99) Genetics and population dynamics (92D99) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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