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Author Rutberg, A. T.
Title Inter-group transfer in assateague pony mares Type Journal Article
Year 1990 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 40 Issue 5 Pages 945-952
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Abstract Between-previous termgroup transfernext term of adult female previous termponies,next term Equus caballus, was investigated for three consecutive summers on previous Assateaguenext Island, Maryland, U.S.A. Both the previous terminternext term-band movements of individual previous termmares and the marenext term turnover rates of one-male “harem” bands were examined. Long-term previous termtransfersnext term occurred at rates ranging from 0·06 to 0·18 per previous termmarenext term per month. previous termMaresnext term with foals transferred more frequently than previous termmaresnext term without foals, but neither female age, pregnancy, nearest-neighbour distances nor dominance rank affected the likelihood of transferring. Band turnover rates were uncorrelated with the average frequency of previous termmare-marenext term aggression within the band, but new previous termmaresnext term entering a band suffered a transient rise in aggression received. Thus, female aggression did not encourage, and may have discouraged, previous terminternext term-band previous termtransfers.next term Older stallions and stallions who had held bands for 2 years or more had significantly larger and more stable bands. Fewer previous termmarenext term turnovers were seen in bands whose stallions tended to face their previous termmares,next term showed a relatively high proportion of time feeding, and showed a relatively low proportion of time involved in aggression with other stallions, although at marginal levels of significance for all three variables. Thus, variability in stallion attributes, and possibly behaviour, probably plays the strongest role in determining previous termmare transfernext term patterns at previous termAssateague.next term
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Author Altmann, S.A.; Altmann, J.
Title The transformation of behaviour field studies Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 65 Issue 3 Pages 413-423
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Abstract As areas of science mature, they pass through three, broadly overlapping stages of development, characterized respectively by description, explanation and synthesis. Field research on animal behaviour is making the transition from an area with a preponderance of purely descriptive studies to one that also includes the development and testing of verifiable hypotheses about the structure, causes and consequences of behaviour. We survey several reasons for this transformation of behaviour field studies and some of the major trends that characterize it, including: (1) patterns discerned in our cumulative knowledge of natural history; (2) increased support for behaviour field studies; (3) interfaces with related areas of science; (4) the development of observational sampling methods and other aspects of data sampling and analysis; (5) the development of models of behaviour's adaptive functions and life-history consequences; (6) long-term field sites that make possible complete life histories, increased attention to individual differences and intergenerational studies of behaviour; and (7) the development of techniques for remote tracking of animals and for noninvasive, hands-off sampling of a range of behavioural, physiological, genetic and environmental phenomena. Copyright 2003 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
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Author Witte, K.; Ryan, M.J.
Title Mate choice copying in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna, in the wild Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 63 Issue 5 Pages 943-949
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Author Slagsvold, T.; Viljugrein, H.
Title Mate choice copying versus preference for actively displaying males by female pied flycatchers Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 57 Issue 3 Pages 679-686
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Author White, D.J.; Galef Jr, B.G.
Title Mate choice copying and conspecific cueing in Japanese quail,Coturnix coturnix japonica Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 57 Issue 2 Pages 465-473
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Author Dugatkin, L.A.
Title A comment on Lafleur et al.'s re-evaluation of mate-choice copying in guppies Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 56 Issue 2 Pages 513-514
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Author Galef, B. G. JR; White, D.J.
Title Mate-choice copying in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 55 Issue 3 Pages 545-552
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Author Hoglund, J.; Alatalo, R.V.; Gibson, R.M.; Lundberg, A.
Title Mate-choice copying in black grouse Type Journal Article
Year 1995 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 49 Issue 6 Pages 1627-1633
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Author Goldschmidt, T.; Bakker, T.C.M.; Feuth-de Bruijn, E.
Title Selective copying in mate choice of female sticklebacks Type Journal Article
Year 1993 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 541-547
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Abstract There is evidence that female three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., prefer to mate with males whose nests contain eggs rather than with males with empty nests. While there is consensus on this point, a dispute exists about whether this preference should be attributed to a direct effect of the eggs on the female's entering the nest or, alternatively, to a positive impact of the eggs on the courtship behaviour and breeding coloration of the male. In the field experiment reported here females strongly preferred nests with eggs over empty nests. Additionally, females were less likely to enter risky nests with eggs: nests that contained fewer eggs than one average clutch or more eggs than the average nest content of parental males in this population. However, in the field possible differences in male attractiveness were not controlled for. In supplementary laboratory experiments the effect on female choice of possible changes in male attractiveness (intensified courtship and coloration) as a result of the presence of eggs in the nest was tested. Other differences in male attractiveness as a result of differences in male quality (body size, breeding coloration before the test, territory quality and size) were controlled for. When females had no access to the nests, they showed no preference for males with eggs in their nests in simultaneous choice tests. These results, together with the earlier published data, make it likely that the preference of females for nests with eggs is partly a direct consequence of the eggs themselves. So female sticklebacks are influenced by the mate choice behaviour of other females, but remain selective as to the actual nest content.
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Author Stoehr S.
Title Evolution of mate-choice copying: a dynamic model Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 893-903
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Abstract Mate-choice copying has recently been demonstrated in several species. Two, not mutually exclusive, explanations for copying have been proposed: it reduces sampling costs and/or error of mate choice. In guppies, Poecilia reticulata, and black grouse, Tetrao tetrix, young females seem most likely to copy. Therefore, copying may teach inexperienced females what attractive males look like. I developed a 2-year dynamic model, to investigate under which conditions a mate-copying strategy might first evolve. An original population of pure choosers was assumed, which was invaded by a mutant female, able to copy during her first mating season, thereby instantly improving her ability to assess male quality. Alternatively, she could either wait and learn by observing males, just as non-copiers may do, but incurring some time costs, or choose, relying on her own abilities. The degree to which copying occurred among these mutant, young, inexperienced females increased with an increasing proportion of old, experienced females in the population, and with decreasing time left until the end of the season. The model demonstrates that mate-choice copying may evolve, when young females are poor at discrimination and need to learn what high-quality males look like. Male quality proved to be unimportant for copying to evolve, as long as there are sufficient differences in quality for mate choice to be meaningful. As with previous models, time constraints are an important assumption for copying to be advantageous over non-copying. Copyright 1998 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Copyright 1998 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
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