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Author Tschudin, A.J.-P.C. url  openurl
  Title 'Mindreading' Mammals? Attribution of Belief Tasks with Dolphins Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Animal Welfare Abbreviated Journal Anim Welfare  
  Volume (up) 10 Issue Pages 119-127  
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  Abstract 'Mindreading' or theory of mind (ToM) refers to the capacity to attribute mental states to others. This ability is regarded as a critical component of what has, to date, exclusively characterized the advanced social cognition displayed by humans. The false belief task is a key test for ToM in different animal species. On a standard non-verbal false belief task, humans pass from age 4, whereas non-human primates consistently fail. Neuroanatomical and behavioural evidence for dolphins, however, indicates that they are capable of passing ToM tasks. The current paper represents a synthesis of the relevant dolphin research on neocortical evolution and non-invasive behavioural tests of precursors for ToM and the attribution of beliefs. The success of dolphins on attribution of belief tasks, in the absence of learning or cueing, indicates that they are capable of 'mindreading'. What are the implications of animal 'mindreading'? ToM tasks probe for reflexive consciousness and, by this criterion, dolphins may display reflexive consciousness. The implication of this conclusion is that future behavioural studies of social cognition will have considerable ethical and legal implications for animal welfare.  
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Author Wemelsfelder, F. url  openurl
  Title The Inside and Outside Aspects of Consciousness: Complementary Approaches to the Study of Animal Emotion Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Animal Welfare Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (up) 10 Issue Pages 129-139  
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Author Lea, S.E.G. url  openurl
  Title Anticipation and Memory as Criteria for Special Welfare Consideration Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Animal Welfare Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (up) 10 Issue Pages 195-208  
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Author Held, S.; Mendl, M.; Devereux, C.; Byrne, R.W. url  openurl
  Title Studies in Social Cognition: From Primates to Pigs Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Animal Welfare Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (up) 10 Issue Pages 209-217  
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Author Mushiake H.; Saito N.; Sakamoto K.; Sato Y.; Tanji J. doi  openurl
  Title Visually based path-planning by Japanese monkeys Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Cognitive Brain Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (up) 11 Issue Pages 165-169  
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Author Dugatkin, L.A. url  openurl
  Title Bystander effects and the structure of dominance hierarchies Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Behavioral Ecology Abbreviated Journal Behav. Ecol.  
  Volume (up) 12 Issue 3 Pages 348-352  
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  Abstract Prior modeling work has found that pure winner and loser effects (i.e., changing the estimation of your own fighting ability as a function of direct prior experience) can have important consequences for hierarchy formation. Here these models are extended to incorporate “bystander effects.” When bystander effects are in operation, observers (i.e., bystanders) of aggressive interactions change their assessment of the protagonists' fighting abilities (depending on who wins and who loses). Computer simulations demonstrate that when bystander winner effects alone are at play, groups have a clear omega (bottom-ranking individual), while the relative position of other group members remains difficult to determine. When only bystander loser effects are in operation, wins and losses are randomly distributed throughout a group (i.e., no discernible hierarchy). When pure and bystander winner effects are jointly in place, a linear hierarchy, in which all positions (i.e., {alpha} to {delta} when N = 4) are clearly defined, emerges. Joint pure and bystander loser effects produce the same result. In principle one could test the predictions from the models developed here in a straightforward comparative study. Hopefully, the results of this model will spur on such studies in the future.  
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Author Anderson, C.; Franks, N.R. url  doi
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  Title Teams in animal societies Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Behavioral Ecology Abbreviated Journal Behav. Ecol.  
  Volume (up) 12 Issue 5 Pages 534-540  
  Keywords animal societies, cooperation, division of labor, groups, invertebrates, task types, teams, vertebrates  
  Abstract We review the existence of teams in animal societies. Teams have previously been dismissed in all but a tiny minority of insect societies. “Team” is a term not generally used in studies of vertebrates. We propose a new rigorous definition of a team that may be applied to both vertebrate and invertebrate societies. We reconsider what it means to work as a team or group and suggest that there are many more teams in insect societies than previously thought. A team task requires different subtasks to be performed concurrently for successful completion. There is a division of labor within a team. Contrary to previous reviews of teams in social insects, we do not constrain teams to consist of members of different castes and argue that team members may be interchangeable. Consequently, we suggest that a team is simply the set of individuals that performs a team task. We contrast teams with groups and suggest that a group task requires the simultaneous performance and cooperation of two or more individuals for successful completion. In a group, there is no division of labor--each individual performs the same task. We also contrast vertebrate and invertebrate teams and find that vertebrate teams tend to be associated with hunting and are based on individual recognition. Invertebrate teams occur in societies characterized by a great deal of redundancy, and we predict that teams in insect societies are more likely to be found in large polymorphic (“complex”) societies than in small monomorphic (“simple”) societies.  
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Author Doutrelant, C.; McGregor, P. K.; Oliveira, R. F. url  openurl
  Title The effect of an audience on intrasexual communication in male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Behavioral Ecology Abbreviated Journal Behav. Ecol.  
  Volume (up) 12 Issue Pages 283-286  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4224  
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Author Baragli, P.; Tedeschi, D.; Masini, A.P.; Magnaghi, N.; Martelli, F.; Sighieri, C. openurl 
  Title Estimation of performance in elite endurance horses by means of an exercise test in field conditions Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Ippologia Abbreviated Journal Valutazione della performance in cavalli da endurance di elite mediante test diesercizio in campo  
  Volume (up) 12 Issue 1 Pages 13-19  
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  Abstract In human sports medicine exercise tests are normally used to check training progression. Correlation tests between blood lactate concentration and exercise speed are often used for this purpose. Studies have been done to adjust exercise tests for athletic horses using the same principle. The aim of this work was to verify the practical possibility that the anaerobic threshold in elite endurance horses could be calculated by adjusting a submaximal exercise field test in order to obtain reference parameters for endurance horses. Ten selected horses from the Italian National Endurance Team were used for this study. The tests were conducted on an 800 meters grass oval. Horses performed three steps (800 meters every step), at increasing speed with two minute intervals between each step. Riders were informed of the ideal speed for every step (5, 7.5, 10 m/s) and the real velocity was calculated on the basis of time taken to finish a single step. Blood samples were obtained via venipuncture from the jugular vein, immediately before the beginning of the test and 60 seconds after the end of each step. The following parameters were evaluated for each horse: individual anaerobic threshold (VSI), anaerobic threshold (V4) and exercise velocity corresponding to a lactate concentration of 2 mM/I (V2). Analysis of results indicate that lactate concentration is exponentially related to exercise speed for the entire test. VSI, V4, V2, were (mearttsd): 25.7±5.1; 30.5±2.5; 21.1±2.9 km/h respectively.  
  Address Dipto. Anat., Biochim. Fisiol. Vet., Univ. degli Studi di Pisa  
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  Title Social dominance and stress hormones Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Trends in Ecology & Evolution Abbreviated Journal Trends. Ecol. Evol  
  Volume (up) 16 Issue 9 Pages 491-497  
  Keywords Dominance; rank; stress; glucocorticoids; cooperative breeding; sociality; behavioural endocrinology; mammals  
  Abstract In most cooperatively breeding birds and mammals, reproductive rates are lower for social subordinates than for dominants, and it is common for reproduction in subordinates to be completely suppressed. Early research conducted in captivity showed that losing fights can increase glucocorticoid (GC) secretion, a general response to stress. Because GCs can suppress reproduction, it has been widely argued that chronic stress might underlie reproductive suppression of social subordinates in cooperative breeders. Contradicting this hypothesis, recent studies of cooperative breeders in the wild show that dominant individuals have elevated GCs more often than do subordinates. The findings that elevated GCs can be a consequence of subordination or a cost of dominance complicate the conventional view of social stress, with broad ramifications for the evolution of dominance and reproductive suppression.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4072  
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