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Author (up) Baragli, P.; Paoletti, E.; Vitale, V.; Sighieri, C.
Title Looking in the correct location for a hidden object: brief note about the memory of donkeys (Equus asinus) Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Ethology Ecology & Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ethology Ecology & Evolution
Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 187-192
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Abstract In recent years, considerable literature has been published on cognition in horses; however, much less is known about the cognitive abilities of domestic donkey (Equus asinus). This study aimed to expand our knowledge of donkey cognition by assessing their short-term memory capacity. We employed a detour problem combined with the classic delayed-response task, which has been extensively used to compare working memory duration in a variety of different species. A two-point choice apparatus was used to investigate location recall and search behaviour for a food target, after a short delay following its disappearance. Four donkeys completed the task with a 10 sec delay, while four others were tested with a 30 sec delay. Overall, each group performed above chance level on the test, showing that subjects had successfully encoded, maintained, and retrieved the existence and location of the target despite the loss of visual contact.
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Notes doi: 10.1080/03949370.2011.554885 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6177
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Author (up) Berger, J.; Cunningham, C.
Title Influence of Familiarity on Frequency of Inbreeding in Wild Horses Type Journal Article
Year 1987 Publication Evolution Abbreviated Journal Evolution
Volume 41 Issue Pages 229-231
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2232
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Author (up) Chance, M.R.A.; Mead, A.P
Title Social behaviour and primate evolution. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, Type Journal Article
Year 1953 Publication Evolution Abbreviated Journal Evolution
Volume 7 Issue Pages 395-439
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4786
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Author (up) Curcher Cs, R.M.
Title Equidae. In: Maglio V H4.J & Cooke H B S (eds) Type Journal Article
Year 1978 Publication Abbreviated Journal Evolution of African Mammals 379-422
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Notes from Professor Hans Klingels Equine Reference List Approved no
Call Number Serial 1000
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Author (up) Giraldeau, L.A.; Beauchamp, G.
Title Food exploitation: searching for the optimal joining policy Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Trends In Ecology And Evolution
Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 102-106
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Abstract Commonly invoked foraging advantages of group membership include increased mean food intake rates and/or reduced variance in foraging success. These foraging advantages rely on the occurrence of 'joining': feeding from food discovered or captured by others. Joining occurs in most social species but the assumptions underlying its analysis have been clarified only recently, giving rise to two classes of model: information-sharing and producer-scrounger models. Recent experimental evidence suggests that joining in ground-feeding birds might be best analysed as a producer-scrounger game, with some intriguing consequences for the spatial distribution of foragers and patch exploitation.
Address Dept of Biology, Concordia University, 1455 Ouest Blvd de Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
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Call Number Serial 2137
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Author (up) Janis C,
Title The evolutionary strategy of the Equidae and the origins of rumen and cecal digestion Type Journal Article
Year 1976 Publication Abbreviated Journal Evolution
Volume 30 Issue Pages 757-774
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Call Number Serial 1217
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Author (up) Meriggi, A.; Dagradi, V.; Dondina, O.; Perversi, M.; Milanesi, P.; Lombardini, M.; Raviglione, S.; Repossi, A.
Title Short-term responses of wolf feeding habits to changes of wild and domestic ungulate abundance in Northern Italy Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Ethology Ecology & Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ethology Ecology & Evolution
Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 389-411
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Notes doi: 10.1080/03949370.2014.986768 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6688
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Author (up) Rubenstein, D. I.,
Title Ecology and sociality in horses and zebras Type Book Chapter
Year 1986 Publication Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution
Volume Issue Pages 282-302
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Publisher Princeton University Press Place of Publication Princeton, NJ. Editor Rubenstein, D. I. ; Wrangham, R. W.
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Call Number Serial 1526
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Author (up) Tomasello, M.; Davis-Dasilva, M.; Camak, L.; Bard, K.
Title Observational learning of tool-use by young chimpanzees Type Journal Article
Year 1987 Publication Abbreviated Journal Human Evolution
Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 175-183
Keywords Chimpanzees; Observational Learning; Tool-Use
Abstract In the current study two groups of young chimpanzees (4–6 and 8–9 years old) were given a T-bar and a food item that could only be reached by using the T-bar. Experimental subjects were given the opportunity to observe an adult using the stick as a tool to obtain the food; control subjects were exposed to the adult but were given no demonstration. Subjects in the older group did not learn to use the tool. Subjects in the younger group who were exposed to the demonstrator learned to use the stick as a tool much more readily than those who were not. None of the subjects demonstrated an ability to imitatively copy the demonstrator's precise behavioral strategies. More than simple stimulus enhancement was involved, however, since both groups manipulated the T-bar, but only experimental subjects used it in its function as a tool. Our findings complement naturalistic observations in suggesting that chimpanzee tool-use is in some sense «culturally transmitted» — though perhaps not in the same sense as social-conventional behaviors for which precise copying of conspecifics is crucial.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5915
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