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Bouchard, J. |
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Is social learning correlated with innovation in birds? An inter-and an interspecific test |
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2002 |
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Department of Biology McGill University Montréal, Québec |
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Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Food Columba livia -- Behavior Columba livia -- Food Social learning |
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This thesis focuses on the relationship between innovation and social learning in the foraging context, across and within bird species, using two different sources of data: anecdotal reports from the literature, and experimental tests in the laboratory and the field. In chapter 1, I review the trends in innovation and social learning in the avian literature, and contrast them with trends in mammals, especially primates. In chapter 2, I use anecdotal reports of feeding innovation and social learning in the literature to assess taxonomic trends and to study the relationship between the two traits at the interspecific level. In chapter 3, I investigate the relationship between innovation and social learning at the intraspecific level in captive feral pigeons (Columba livia). Innovation is estimated from the ability to solve an innovative foraging problem, and social learning is measured as the number of trials required to learn a foraging task from a proficient demonstrator. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) |
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Department of Biology McGili University Montréal, Québec |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Bouchard, J.; Goodyer, W.; Lefebvre, L. |
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Social learning and innovation are positively correlated in pigeons (Columba livia) |
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2007 |
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Animal Cognition |
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Anim. Cogn. |
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10 |
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2 |
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259-266 |
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Animals; Behavior, Animal/*physiology; Columbidae/*physiology; *Learning; *Problem Solving |
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When animals show both frequent innovation and fast social learning, new behaviours can spread more rapidly through populations and potentially increase rates of natural selection and speciation, as proposed by A.C. Wilson in his behavioural drive hypothesis. Comparative work on primates suggests that more innovative species also show more social learning. In this study, we look at intra-specific variation in innovation and social learning in captive wild-caught pigeons. Performances on an innovative problem-solving task and a social learning task are positively correlated in 42 individuals. The correlation remains significant when the effects of neophobia on the two abilities are removed. Neither sex nor dominance rank are associated with performance on the two tasks. Free-flying flocks of urban pigeons are able to solve the innovative food-finding problem used on captive birds, demonstrating it is within the range of their natural capacities. Taken together with the comparative literature, the positive correlation between innovation and social learning suggests that the two abilities are not traded-off. |
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Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205, Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Canada |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Lefebvre, L.; Bouchard, J. |
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Social learning about food in birds |
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2003 |
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The Biology of Traditions |
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94-126 |
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Cambridge University Press |
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Fragaszy, D.M; Perry, S. |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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