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Author | Cameron, E. Z.,; Linklater, W. L.,; Stafford, K.J.,; Minot, E. O., | ||||
Title | Social grouping and maternal behaviour in feral horses (Equus caballus): the influence of males on maternal protectiveness | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2003 | Publication | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Abbreviated Journal | Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. |
Volume | 53 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 92-101 |
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Abstract | The risk of infant injury or mortality influences maternal behaviour, particularly protectiveness. Mares are found in bands with a single stallion or bands with more than one stallion in which paternity is less certain. We investigated maternal behaviour in relation to band type. Mares in bands with more than one stallion were more protective of their foals, particularly when stallions and foals approached one another. The rate of aggression between the stallion and foal was a significant predictor of maternal protectiveness, and mare protectiveness was significantly correlated with reduced reproductive success in the subsequent year. Mares that changed band types with a foal at foot, or had their band type experimentally altered, were more protective of their foal in multi-stallion bands than they were in single-stallion bands. Equids are unusual amongst ungulates in that infanticide and feticide have been reported. Both occur where paternity has been uncertain, and equid social structure is similar to other species in which infanticide has been reported. Stallions benefit from infanticide as the mare has greater reproductive success in the subsequent year. Stallion aggression is a significant modifier of mare behaviour and maternal effort, probably due to the risk of infanticide. | ||||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 458 | ||
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Author | Nicol, C.J | ||||
Title | Equine Stereotypies. In: Houpt K.A. (Ed.), | Type | Book Chapter | ||
Year | 2000 | Publication | Recent Advances in Companion Animal Behavior Problems | Abbreviated Journal | |
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Publisher | International Veterinary Information Service | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 477 | ||
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Author | Mendl M, Held Z. | ||||
Title | Living in gourps: Evolutionary Perspective | Type | Book Chapter | ||
Year | Publication | Social Behavior in Farm Animals | Abbreviated Journal | ||
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Abstract | An understanding of social behavior is increasingly necessary in farm animal husbandry as more animals are housed in groups rather than in individual stalls or pens. There may be economic or welfare reasons for such housing. This book is the first to specifically address this important subject. The chapters fall into three broad subject areas: concepts in social behavior; species specific chapters; current issues. Authors include leading experts from Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. | ||||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 512 | ||
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Author | FitzGibbon, C. D. | ||||
Title | The costs and benefits of predator inspection behaviour in Thomson's gazelles | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1994 | Publication | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Abbreviated Journal | Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. |
Volume | 34 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 139-148 |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 524 | ||
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Author | Doré,F.Y.; Fiset,S.; Goulet,S.; Dumans,M.-C.; Gagnon,S. | ||||
Title | Search behavior in cats and dogs Interspecific differences in working memory and spatial cognition | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1996 | Publication | Animal Learning & Behavior | Abbreviated Journal | Anim Learn. & Behav. |
Volume | 24 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 142-149 |
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Abstract | Cats and dogs search behavior was compared in different problems where an object was visibly moved behind a screen that was then visibly moved to a new position. In Experiments 1 (cats) and 2 (dogs), one group was tested with identical screens and the other group was tested with dissimilar screens. Results showed that in both species, search behavior was based on processing of spatial information rather than on recognition of the visual features of the target screen. Cats and dogs were unable to find the object by inferring its invisible movement. They reached a high level of success only if there was direct perceptual evidence that the object could not be at its initial position. When the position change was indicated by an indirect cue, cats searched more at the object`s initial than final position, whereas dogs searched equally at both positions. Interspecific similarities and differences are interpreted in terms of the requirements for resetting working memory. |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 537 | ||
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Author | SYLVAIN GAGNON,FRANCOISY. DORE | ||||
Title | Search behavior of dogs (Canis familiaris) in invisible displacement problems | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1993 | Publication | Animal Learning & Behavior | Abbreviated Journal | Anim Learn. & Behav. |
Volume | 21 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 246-254 |
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Abstract | Gagnon and Dor (1992) showed that domestic dogs are able to solve a Piagetian object permanence task called the invisible displacement problem. A toy is hidden in a container which is moved behind a screen where the toy is removed and left. Dogs make more errors in these problems than they do in visible displacement tests, in which the object is hidden directly behind the target screen. In Experiment 1, we examinedcomponents ofthe standard procedure of invisible displacements that may make encoding or retention of the hiding location more difficult than it is in visible displacements. In Experiment 2, we compared dogs performances in visible and invisible displacement problems when delays of 0, 10, and 20 sec were introduced between the objects final disappearance and the subjects release. The results revealed that dogs poorer performance in invisible displacement tests is related to the complex sequence of events that have to be encoded or remembered as well as to a difficulty in representing the position change that is signaled, but not directly perceived. |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 538 | ||
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Author | Choleris, E.; Kavaliers, M. | ||||
Title | Social Learning in Animals: Sex Differences and Neurobiological Analysis | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1999 | Publication | Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior | Abbreviated Journal | Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. |
Volume | 64 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 767-776 |
Keywords | Observational learning; Social learning; Individual learning; Imitation; Social constraints; Social facilitation; male-female differences; Gender differences | ||||
Abstract | Social learning where an “individual's behavior is influenced by observation of, or interaction with, another animal or its products” has been extensively documented in a broad variety of species, including humans. Social learning occurs within the complex framework of an animal's social interactions that are markedly affected by factors such as dominance hierarchies, family bonds, age, and sex of the interacting individuals. Moreover, it is clear that social learning is influenced not only by important sexually dimorphic social constraints but also that it involves attention, motivational, and perceptual mechanisms, all of which exhibit substantial male-female differences. Although sex differences have been demonstrated in a wide range of cognitive and behavioral processes, investigations of male-female differences in social learning and its neurobiological substrates have been largely neglected. As such, sex differences in social learning and its neurobiological substrates merit increased attention. This review briefly considers various aspects of the study of social learning in mammals, and indicates where male-female differences have either been described, neglected and, or could have a potential impact. It also describes the results of neurobiological investigations of social learning and considers the relevance of these findings to other sexually dimorphic cognitive processes. | ||||
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Author | Kavaliers, M.; Colwell, D.D.; Choleris, E. | ||||
Title | Kinship, familiarity and social status modulate social learning about “micropredators” (biting flies) in deer mice | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2005 | Publication | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Abbreviated Journal | Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. |
Volume | 58 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 60-71 |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 710 | ||
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Author | Treichler, F.R.; Van Tilburg, D. | ||||
Title | Concurrent Conditional Discrimination Tests of Transitive Inference by Macaque Monkeys: List Linking | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1996 | Publication | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes | Abbreviated Journal | J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process |
Volume | 22 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 105-117 |
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Abstract | Processing of serial information was assessed by training six macaques on a five-item list of objects arranged into the four conditional pairs, A-B+, B-C+, C-D+, and D-E+. An analogous list (F through J) was similarly trained. Subsequently, both lists were linked by training on E-F+, a pair that provided adjacent elements from each list. Then, all unique and trained object pairs from both lists were presented as a test. Results indicated that the objects were retained as a single, linearly organized list with choice accuracy directly related to interitem distance between paired objects. A second experiment explored the consequences of incidence of conflicting information on list organization. In both experiments, selections depended on representational processes and supported the view that monkeys and pigeons retain serial lists in qualitatively different ways. | ||||
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Author | Byrne, R.W. | ||||
Title | Imitation of novel complex actions: What does the evidence from animals mean? | Type | Book Chapter | ||
Year | 2002 | Publication | Advances in the Study of Behavior | Abbreviated Journal | Adv Stud Behav |
Volume | 31 | Issue | Pages | 77-105 | |
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Abstract | Summary Underlying the various behaviors that are classified as imitation, there may be several distinct mechanisms, differing in adaptive function, cognitive basis, and computational power. Experiments reporting “true motor imitation” in animals do not as yet give evidence of production learning by imitation; instead, contextual imitation can explain their data, and this can be explained by a simple mechanism (response facilitation) which matches known neural findings. When imitation serves a function in social mimicry, which applies to a wide range of phenomena from neonatal imitation in humans and great apes to pair-bonding in some bird species, the fidelity of the behavioral match is crucial. Learning of novel behavior can potentially be achieved by matching the outcome of a model's action, and it is argued that vocal imitation by birds is a clear example of this method (which is sometimes called emulation). Alternatively, the behavior itself may be perceived in terms of actions that the observer can perform, and thus it may be copied. If the imitation is linear and stringlike (action level), following the surface form rather than the underlying plan, then its utility for learning new instrumental methods is limited. However, the underlying plan of hierarchically organized behavior is visible in output behavior, in subtle but detectable ways, and imitation could instead be based on this organization (program level), extracted automatically by string parsing. Currently, the most likely candidates for such capacities are all great apes. It is argued that this ability to perceive the underlying plan of action, in addition to allowing highly flexible imitation of novel instrumental methods, may have resulted in the competence to understand the intentions (theory of mind) of others. | ||||
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Publisher | Academic Press | Place of Publication | San Diego | Editor | Snowdon, C. T.; Roper, T. J.;Rosenblatt,J. S. |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 746 | ||
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