Social learning mechanisms shape transmission pathways through replicate local social networks of wild birds.

ABSTRACT: The emergence and spread of novel behaviours via social learning can lead to rapid population-level changes whereby the social connections between individuals shape information flow. However, behaviours can spread via different mechanisms and little is known about how information flow depends on the underlying learning rule individuals employ. Here, comparing four different learning mechanisms, we simulated behavioural spread on replicate empirical social networks of wild great tits and explored the relationship between individual sociality and the order of behavioural acquisition. Our results reveal that, for learning rules dependent on the sum and strength of social connections to informed individuals, social connectivity was related to the order of acquisition, with individuals with inc

SUBMITTER: Beck KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10154030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature