Mammalian social learning : comparative and ecological perspectives

List of contributors Preface Part I. New Perspectives in Studies of Social Learning: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson 1. The myth of peculiar primates Thelma Rowell 2. New directions in the study of primate learning Barbara J. King 3. Temperament and socially mediated learning among primates Hilary O. Box 4. Evolutionary biology of skill and information transfer Richard M. Sibly Part II. Social Learning Among Species of Terrestrial Herbivores: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson 5. Social learning in marsupials Karen Higginbottom and David B. Croft 6. The social context for learning and behavioural development among wild African elephants Phyllis C. Lee and Cynthia J. Moss 7. Comparative social learning among arctic herbivores: the caribou, muskox and arctic hare David R. Klein 8. Transmission of olfactory information from mother to young in the European rabbit Robyn Hudson, Benoist Schaal and Agnes Bilko 9. Social transfer of information in domestic animals Donald M. Broom Part III. Rats, Bats and Naked Mole-Rats: Animals With Information Centres: Editors' comments Kathleen R. Gibson and Hilary O. Box 10. Exploring the dynamics of social transmission with rats Kevin N. Laland 11. Social influences on foraging in bats Gerald S. Wilkinson and Janette Wenrick Boughman 12. Social transmission of information in a eusocial rodent, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) Chris G. Faulkes Part IV. Social Learning Among Species of Terrestrial Carnivores: Editors' comments Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson 13. Opportunities for social learning in bears Barrie K. Gilbert 14. Watch with mother: a review of social learning in the Felidae Andrew C. Kitchener 15. Social learning in canids: an ecological perspective Jan A. J. Nel Part V. Dolphins and Whales: Communication and Foraging in Aquatic Environments: Editors' comments Kathleen R. Gibson and Hilary O. Box 16. Social learning in cetaceans: hunting, hearing and hierarchies James R. Boran and Sara L. Heimlich 17. Origins and implications of vocal learning in bottlenose dolphins Vincent M. Janik Part VI. The Great Ape-Human Adaptation: Culture and the Cognitive Niche: Editors' comments Kathleen R. Gibson and Hilary O. Box 18. Cognition in great ape ecology: skill-learning ability opens up foraging opportunities Richard W. Byrne 19. Social transmission of facts and skills in the human species: neural mechanisms Kathleen R. Gibson 20. Cultural learning in hominids: a behavioural ecological approach Stephen J. Shennan and James Steele 21. Imitation and cultural change: a view from the Stone Age, with specific reference to the manufacture of handaxes Steven Mithen Part VII. Concluding Remarks: 22. Social learning and behavioural strategies among mammals Hilary O. Box and Kathleen R. Gibson Index.