Learning, evolvability and exploratory behaviour: extending the evolutionary reach of learning

Brown, Rachael

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Learning, evolvability and exploratory behaviour: extending the evolutionary reach of learning

Date

2013

Authors

Brown, Rachael

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

Traditional accounts of the role of learning in evolution have concentrated upon its capacity as a source of fitness to individuals. In this paper I use a case study from invasive species biology-the role of conditioned taste aversion in mitigating the im