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| Author | Hare, B.; Brown, M.; Williamson, C.; Tomasello, M. | ||||
| Title | The domestication of social cognition in dogs | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Science (New York, N.Y.) | Abbreviated Journal | Science |
| Volume | 298 | Issue | 5598 | Pages | 1634-1636 |
| Keywords | Animals; *Animals, Domestic; *Behavior, Animal; *Cognition; *Cues; *Dogs; Food; Humans; Memory; Pan troglodytes; *Social Behavior; Species Specificity; Vision; Wolves | ||||
| Abstract | Dogs are more skillful than great apes at a number of tasks in which they must read human communicative signals indicating the location of hidden food. In this study, we found that wolves who were raised by humans do not show these same skills, whereas domestic dog puppies only a few weeks old, even those that have had little human contact, do show these skills. These findings suggest that during the process of domestication, dogs have been selected for a set of social-cognitive abilities that enable them to communicate with humans in unique ways. | ||||
| Address | Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. bhare@fas.harvard.edu | ||||
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1095-9203 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12446914 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 595 | ||
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| Author | Doligez, B.; Danchin, E.; Clobert, J. | ||||
| Title | Public information and breeding habitat selection in a wild bird population | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Science (New York, N.Y.) | Abbreviated Journal | Science |
| Volume | 297 | Issue | 5584 | Pages | 1168-1170 |
| Keywords | *Animal Migration; Animals; Animals, Wild/physiology; *Behavior, Animal; Cognition; Cues; *Environment; Female; Male; *Nesting Behavior; Probability; *Reproduction; Songbirds/*physiology; Sweden | ||||
| Abstract | According to the “public information” hypothesis, some animal species may monitor the current reproductive success of conspecifics to assess local habitat quality and to choose their own subsequent breeding site. To test this hypothesis experimentally, we manipulated two components of public information, the mean number of offspring raised locally (“quantity”) and their condition (“quality”), in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis. Immigration rate decreased with local offspring quantity but did not depend on local offspring quality, suggesting that immigrants are deprived of information regarding local quality. Conversely, emigration rate increased both when local offspring quantity or quality decreased, suggesting that residents can use both components of public information. | ||||
| Address | Laboratoire d'Ecologie CNRS-UMR 7625, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai Saint Bernard, Batiment A 7eme etage, Case 237, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. blandine.doligez@esh.unibe.ch | ||||
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1095-9203 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12183627 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 2841 | ||
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| Author | Weir, A.A.S.; Chappell, J.; Kacelnik, A. | ||||
| Title | Shaping of hooks in New Caledonian crows | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Science (New York, N.Y.) | Abbreviated Journal | Science |
| Volume | 297 | Issue | 5583 | Pages | 981 |
| Keywords | Animals; *Behavior, Animal; *Cognition; Female; Male; Songbirds/*physiology | ||||
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| Address | Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK | ||||
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1095-9203 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12169726 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 2842 | ||
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| Author | Griffin, B. | ||||
| Title | The use of fecal markers to facilitate sample collection in group-housed cats | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science / American Association for Laboratory Animal Science | Abbreviated Journal | Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci |
| Volume | 41 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 51-56 |
| Keywords | Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biological Markers/*analysis; Cats/*physiology/psychology; Diet/veterinary; Feces/*chemistry; Food Coloring Agents/analysis; Housing, Animal; Individuality; Plastics/analysis; Specimen Handling/methods/*veterinary | ||||
| Abstract | The provision of proper social housing is a priority when designing an experiment using domestic cats as laboratory animals. When animals are group-housed, studies requiring analysis of stool samples from individual subjects pose difficulty in sample collection and identification. In this study, commercially available concentrated food colorings (known as bakers pastes) were used as fecal markers in group-housed cats. Cats readily consumed 0.5 ml of bakers paste food coloring once daily in canned cat food. Colorings served as fecal markers by imparting a distinct color to each cat s feces, allowing identification in the litter box. In addition, colored glitter (1/8 teaspoon in canned food) was fed to cats and found to be a reliable fecal marker. Long-term feeding of colorings and glitter was found to be safe and effective at yielding readily identifiable stools. | ||||
| Address | Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama 36841, USA | ||||
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1060-0558 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:11958604 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4165 | ||
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| Author | Earley, R.L.; Dugatkin, L.A. | ||||
| Title | Eavesdropping on visual cues in green swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) fights: a case for networking | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society | Abbreviated Journal | Proc Biol Sci |
| Volume | 269 | Issue | 1494 | Pages | 943-952 |
| Keywords | *Aggression; Animals; *Behavior, Animal; *Cyprinodontiformes; Female; Male | ||||
| Abstract | Aggressive contests probably occur in networking environments where information about fighting ability is conveyed both to an opponent and to individuals peripheral to the fight itself, the bystanders. Our primary aim was to investigate the relative influences of eavesdropping and prior social experience on the dynamics of aggressive contests in Xiphophorus helleri. A bystander's ability to witness an encounter was manipulated using clear, one-way mirror, and opaque partitions. After watching (or not watching) the initial contest, the bystander encountered either the winner or loser of the bout. Treatment comparisons of bystander-winner or bystander-loser contest dynamics indicated the presence or absence of winner, loser, or eavesdropping effects. Winner and loser effects had negligible influences on bystander contest dynamics. Eavesdropping significantly reduced the bystander's propensity to initiate aggression, escalate, and win against seen winners regardless of whether the watched bout had escalated or not. Though eavesdropping had relatively little effect on bystander-loser contest dynamics, bystanders were less prone to initiate aggression and win against losers that had escalated in the witnessed bout. Thus, bystanders appear to preferentially retain and utilize information gained about potentially dangerous opponents (winners or persistent losers). Our data lend clear support for the importance of eavesdropping in visually based aggressive signalling systems. | ||||
| Address | Department of Biology, Life Science, Room 139, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. rlearl01@athena.louisville.edu | ||||
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0962-8452 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12028778 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 498 | ||
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| Author | Peake, T.M.; Terry, A.M.R.; McGregor, P.K.; Dabelsteen, T. | ||||
| Title | Do great tits assess rivals by combining direct experience with information gathered by eavesdropping? | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society | Abbreviated Journal | Proc Biol Sci |
| Volume | 269 | Issue | 1503 | Pages | 1925-1929 |
| Keywords | Aggression; *Animal Communication; Animals; Male; Songbirds/*physiology; Territoriality; *Vocalization, Animal | ||||
| Abstract | Animals frequently use signals that travel further than the spacing between individuals. For every intended recipient of a given signal there are likely to be many other individuals that receive information. Eavesdropping on signalling interactions between other individuals provides a relatively cost-free method of assessing future opponents or mates. Male great tits (Parus major) extract relative information from such interactions between individuals unknown to them. Here, we show that male great tits can take information gathering a stage further and obtain more information about a previously unencountered intruder, by the hitherto unknown capability of combining information gathered by eavesdropping with that derived from their own direct interaction with an individual. Prior experience with an intruder (A) was achieved by subjecting a focal male to different levels of intrusion simulated using interactive playback. This intruder (A) then took part in a simulated interaction with an unknown male (B) outside the territorial boundary of the focal males. In response to subsequent intrusion by the second male (B), focal males showed low song output in response to males that had lost to a male that the subject was able to beat. Males of known high quality, or those about which information was ambiguous, elicited a high level of song output by focal males. We discuss the implications of this finding for the evolution of communication and social behaviour. | ||||
| Address | Department of Animal Behaviour, Zoological Institute, Copenhagen University, Tagensvej 16, DK 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. tmpeake@zi.ku.uk | ||||
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0962-8452 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12350255 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 501 | ||
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| Author | Huebener, E. | ||||
| Title | Schmeichelnder Sitz, atmender Schenkel, flüsternder Zügel | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Olms Presse, Hildesheim | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | Issue | 2. erweiterte Auflage | Pages | 220 | |
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| Abstract | HÜBENER, EBERHARD, Schmeichelnder Sitz, atmender Schenkel, flüsternder Zügel Vom feinfühligen, partnerschaftlichen Umgang mit dem Pferd und über Nöte der bundesdeutschen Reiterei. Mit einem Geleitwort von Dr. Reiner Klimke 2. ergänzte Aufl. Hildesheim 2002. 223 S. mit 63 Abb., davon 3 farbig. Gebunden. Reihe: (NOVA HIPPOLOGICA.) ISBN: 3-487-08408-2 Dieses Buch beantwortet eine Reihe zentraler Fragen zur Reitlehre und zum Umgang mit dem Pferd gründlich und leicht verständlich. Es ist daher hilfreich für alle, die sich am und auf dem Pferd gern helfen lassen. Ob sie nun nur zum Vergnügen oder mit turniersportlichen Ambitionen reiten. Ob sie lernen oder lehren. Der vorliegenden zweiten Auflage ist eine neue Arbeit des Autors beigebunden: Nachdem eine Video-Analyse seinen “selbsttätigen Schenkel” bestätigt hat, wird jetzt endlich auch das “Sitz-Rätsel” definitiv gelöst. Die Video-Technik hat ermöglicht, das Zusammenspiel von Gangart, Bewegungen von Pferderumpf und -rücken, Sitz des Reiters und Hilfengebung zum Nutzen des Reiter-Rückgrats, der keineswegs beliebig belastbaren Wirbelsäule des Pferdes und kultivierten, feinfühligen Reitens zu entschlüsseln. Reitunterricht kann anders aussehen. Irrwege sind vermeidbar geworden. |
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0948-9708 | ISBN | 3-487-08408-2 | Medium | |
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| Call Number | Reiten Lesen Denken @ eberhardhuebener @ | Serial | 874 | ||
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| Author | Huebener, E. | ||||
| Title | Coaxing seat, breathing leg, whispering reins | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | 2nd edition | Pages | 220 | |
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| Call Number | Reiten Lesen Denken @ eberhardhuebener @ | Serial | 875 | ||
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| Author | Healy, S.D.; Jones, C.M. | ||||
| Title | Animal learning and memory: an integration of cognition and ecology | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Zoology | Abbreviated Journal | Zoology |
| Volume | 105 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 321-327 |
| Keywords | cognitive ecology; spatial learning and memory; adaptive specialisation | ||||
| Abstract | Summary A wonderfully lucid framework for the ways to understand animal behaviour is that represented by the four [`]whys' proposed by Tinbergen (1963). For much of the past three decades, however, these four avenues have been pursued more or less in parallel. Functional questions, for example, have been addressed by behavioural ecologists, mechanistic questions by psychologists and ethologists, ontogenetic questions by developmental biologists and neuroscientists and phylogenetic questions by evolutionary biologists. More recently, the value of integration between these differing views has become apparent. In this brief review, we concentrate especially on current attempts to integrate mechanistic and functional approaches. Most of our understanding of learning and memory in animals comes from the psychological literature, which tends to use only rats or pigeons, and more occasionally primates, as subjects. The underlying psychological assumption is of general processes that are similar across species and contexts rather than a range of specific abilities. However, this does not seem to be entirely true as several learned behaviours have been described that are specific to particular species or contexts. The first conspicuous exception to the generalist assumption was the demonstration of long delay taste aversion learning in rats (Garcia et al., 1955), in which it was shown that a stimulus need not be temporally contiguous with a response for the animal to make an association between food and illness. Subsequently, a number of other examples, such as imprinting and song learning in birds (e.g., Bolhuis and Honey, 1998; Catchpole and Slater, 1995; Horn, 1998), have been thoroughly researched. Even in these cases, however, it has been typical for only a few species to be studied (domestic chicks provide the [`]model' imprinting species and canaries and zebra finches the song learning [`]models'). As a result, a great deal is understood about the neural underpinnings and development of the behaviour, but substantially less is understood about interspecific variation and whether variation in behaviour is correlated with variation in neural processing (see review by Tramontin and Brenowitz, 2000 but see ten Cate and Vos, 1999). | ||||
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0944-2006 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4741 | ||
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| Author | Voss, B.; Mohr, E.; Krzywanek, H. | ||||
| Title | Effects of aqua-treadmill exercise on selected blood parameters and on heart-rate variability of horses | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2002 | Publication | Journal of Veterinary Medicine. A, Physiology, Pathology, Clinical Medicine | Abbreviated Journal | J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med |
| Volume | 49 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 137-143 |
| Keywords | Animals; Electrocardiography/veterinary; Exercise Test/veterinary; Female; Heart Rate/*physiology; Hemoglobins/metabolism; Horses/*physiology; Lactic Acid/blood; Male; Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology; Water | ||||
| Abstract | The objectives of the present study were to investigate the effects of Aquatraining of horses (aqua-treadmill exercise; treadmill manufactured by Equitech – L.u.S. Equipment, Warendorf, Germany) on selected blood parameters [lactic acid concentration (mmol/l), haemoglobin content (g/l)] and on heart-rate variability (HRV) [heart rate (beats per min; b.p.m.), standard deviation of all NN-intervals (SDNN; ms), normalized power of the low and high frequency band (LFnorm, Hfnorm; au), % recurrence, % determinism and ratio(corr)]. Seven horses performed six exercise tests with different work loads (walking (x = 1.56 +/- 0.08 m/s) and trotting (x = 2.9 +/- 0.13 m/s): dry, water above the carpus and water above the elbow). The standardized test-protocol was: 5 min warm-up at walk while the water was pumped in, followed by the 20-min exercise period at walk or trot, followed by a 5-min walk while pumping out the water. Blood samples were taken prior to each test at rest in the stable, as well as exactly 5 min after the end of the 20-min exercise period. Electrocardiograms were recorded during rest and the 20-min exercise period. Compared to rest, neither the chosen velocities, the two water levels, nor the dry tests led to a significant increase of the lactic acid concentration in any horse. The haemoglobin content showed a significant increase as a result of exercise. Significant differences could be found between the heart rates at rest and the six exercise tests and between the mean of the levels 'walking' and the mean of the levels 'trotting'. An exercise-induced change of HRV was characterized by a decreasing SDNN, a significantly higher LFnorm (sympathetic influence) combined with a significantly lower HF(norm) power (parasympathetic activity) and a rising degree of order (significantly higher % determinism and nearly unchanged % recurrence) and stability (significantly rising ratio(corr)) of the recurrence plot. In conclusion, the used training-protocol for aqua-treadmill exercises only represents a medium-sized aerobic work load for horses, but the different levels of burden were indicated especially by changes in HRV. | ||||
| Address | Institute for Veterinary Physiology of the Free University Berlin, Germany | ||||
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0931-184X | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:12019954 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4049 | ||
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