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Krueger, K. |
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Social Ecology of Horses |
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2008 |
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Ecology of Social Evolution |
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Horses (Equidae ) are believed to clearly demonstrate the links between ecology and social organization. Their social cognitive abilities enable them to succeed in many different environments, including those provided for them by humans, or the ones domestic horses encounter when escaping from their human care takers. Living in groups takes different shapes in equids. Their aggregation and group cohesion can be explained by Hamilton“s selfish herd theory. However, when an individual joins and to which group it joins appears to be an active individual decision depending on predation pressure, intra group harassment and resource availability. The latest research concerning the social knowledge horses display in eavesdropping experiments affirms the need for an extension of simple herd concepts in horses for a cognitive component. Horses obviously realize the social composition of their group and determine their own position in it. The horses exceedingly flexible social behavior demands for explanations about the cognitive mechanisms, which allow them to make individual decisions. ”Ecology conditions like those that favour the evolution of open behavioural programs sometimes also favour the evolution of the beginnings of consciousness, by favouring conscious choice. Or in other words, consciousness originates with the choice that are left open by open behavioural programs." Popper (1977) |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Krueger, K. |
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Social cognition and social learning in horses |
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2008 |
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IESM 2008 |
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In comparison to other social animals it appears to be far more difficult to show social learning in horses, although the social background of the animals prompts the prediction that social learning should be verifiable. This demands for a thorough analysis of conditions, context and effects of social learning which might not be as obvious in horses than in other social animals. Moreover, the horse“s social cognition in general, i.e. the processing, encoding, storage, retrieval, and application of social information, needs to be examined. In previous studies we addressed the horse”s perception of it“s social environment. Our results indicate that domestic horses are not only capable of distinguishing between familiar and unfamiliar horses but also of recognizing the social status of familiar horses relative to their own. Furthermore, they extract information from observing interactions between a familiar horse and a human experimenter, and adjust their behaviour according to the observed horse”s reaction and relative dominance status when they are themselves later confronted with the experimenter in a similar situation. Additionally, we showed in pilot experiments that horses paid more attention to the gaze of dominant horses from their own social group than to that of unknown or subordinate horses. In another study we suggested that horses of both sexes are capable of determining the social affiliation, the sex and, for their own group members, the identity of individuals, by sniffing their faeces. Hence, social affiliation and dominance relationships seemed to have a major influence on the horses` motivation to pay attention to their conspecifics. In the future we will take another step towards linking the horse“s social cognitive capacities with its social ecology, social structure, and individuality. In the context of comparative cognition research on the socially complex primates, or on a range of carnivores such as corvids, canids or dolphins, horses are particularly interesting, because they are highly social, but do not rely on social hunting or cooperative raising of offspring. Also foraging is simple for horses, predator avoidance is demanding and this may be the main reason for the horse”s complex social lives and their choice of learning tactics. Hence, we will investigate the horse"s investigative behaviour towards neutral, fear-eliciting and food related novel objects. We propose that, as in other species, sociality and distinct personalities are key features for the understanding of cognitive capacities and the choice of learning strategies. |
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University of Regensburg – Biology I |
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Krueger, K. |
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IESM 2008 |
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Talk 15 min IESM 2008 |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Krueger, K. |
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“Pferdehaltung und Ethologie der Pferde” im Bachelorstudiengang Pferdewirtschaft |
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2014 |
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Forschendes Lernen initiieren, umsetzen und reflektieren |
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UniversitätsVerlag Webler |
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Bielefeld |
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: S. Lepp und C. Niederdrenk-Felgner |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Krueger, K. |
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Die Bedeutung der Schiefe, Händigkeit und sensorische Lateralität der Pferde |
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Pferdetage Baden-Württemberg 2014 |
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Matthaes Medien |
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Stuttgart |
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Krueger, K. |
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“Erfasst” das Pferd die menschliche Psyche" |
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2010 |
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Pferdegestützte Therapie bei psychischen Erkrankungen |
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Schattauer Verlag |
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Stuttgart |
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Dettling, M.; Opgen-Rhein, C.; Kläschen, M. |
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Krueger, K. |
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Konfliktlösungsstrategien der Menschen und Pferde |
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2012 |
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Proceedings of the 2. International Equine Science Meeting |
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Proc. 2. Int. Equine. Sci. Mtg |
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Krüger, K. |
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Xenophon Publishing |
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Wald |
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Krueger, K. |
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Perissodactyla Cognition |
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2017 |
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Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior |
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Cham |
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Vonk, J.; Shackelford, T. |
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Krueger, K. |
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Das Pferd im Blickpunkt der Wissenschaft |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Krueger, K |
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Die Relevanz von sozialem Lernen beim Pferd für Tierhaltung und Tierschutz. |
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2011 |
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DVG 12. Internationale Fachtagung zu Fragen von Verhaltenskunde, Tierhaltung und Tierschutz. |
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Hollenhorst, H.; Weil, S.; Krueger, K. |
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Innovative behavour in horses (Equus caballus) |
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2015 |
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Proceedings of the 3. International Equine Science Meeting |
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Proc. 3. Int. Equine. Sci. Mtg |
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Contrary to the widely-spread assumption that horses just have restricted cognitive capacities and are not very flexible in their behaviors, we showed that horses display innovative behavior and even make use of tools (Krueger 2015, Krueger et al. 2015). These findings derive from a database (http://innovative-behaviour.org/) the Equine behavior team managed in the past two years. Some horses did not only show single innovations, but several different innovations. The number of innovations per individual varied from 1 to 10. 20 % of all innovative horses in the database showed more than one innovation. These individuals can be called the ‘true innovators’. Moreover innovations were dependent on age. Young horses were more innovative than older ones, whereby horses at the age of five to nine years were the most innovative. When considering the housing system innovative horses in a single housing (inside box, outside box, paddock box) had a slight majority towards horses in group housing (open stable, active stable, pasture day and night). But given the fact that ratings on housing system frequencies state 95% of the horses to be kept in individual housing, innovations in individual housing are rare. Nevertheless, horses kept in inside boxes without a window, opened doors more often than all other horses. Aside from this effect, housing systems did not trigger the frequency of innovative behavior. Innovations for gaining freedom and innovations in general were widespread among horses with daily access to pasture and daily contact with conspecifics. Innovations for gaining food were not more likely to occur in horses that were fed little amounts of roughage. In conclusion, the housing of horses does not seem to be the primary catalyst for developing innovative behavior in horses. What makes a “true innovator” in horses, in addition to age, remains to be seen. |
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Proc. 3. Int. Equine. Sci. Mtg |
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