Considering complexity: animal social networks and behavioural contagions

The spread of behaviours through animalsocial networks have often been consid-ered as ‘simple contagions’. However,research across other disciplines nowprovides substantial grounding for the‘complex contagion’ of behaviours. Thestudy of animal behaviour could benefitgreatly from generally expanding...

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Main Author: Firth, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2019
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description The spread of behaviours through animalsocial networks have often been consid-ered as ‘simple contagions’. However,research across other disciplines nowprovides substantial grounding for the‘complex contagion’ of behaviours. Thestudy of animal behaviour could benefitgreatly from generally expanding toincorporate these new insights.
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