Mode of foraging competition is related to tutor preference in Zenaida aurita.
J Comp Psychol
; 110(1): 45-54, 1996 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8851552
ABSTRACT
This study compared the direction of social learning in 2 populations of Barbados Zenaida doves (Zenaida aurita). One population (St. James) is territorial; it competes aggressively with conspecifics but scramble competes with heterospecifics. The other population (Deep Water Harbour) forages in large homospecific flocks. Field observations were conducted to quantify intraspecific and interspecific patterns of foraging association and aggression. Wild-caught doves from both areas were then tested on novel foraging tasks demonstrated by either a conspecific or a heterospecific tutor. In all experiments, St. James doves learned more readily from the heterospecific tutor (Carib grackle -Quiscalus lugubris-), whereas Deep Water Harbour doves learned more readily from the conspecific tutor. The type of competitive feeding interaction in the field (i.e., scramble vs. interference) appears to better predict the pattern of social learning in an experiment than does species identity.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Apetitivo
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Columbidae
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Meio Social
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Comportamento Competitivo
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Comportamento Imitativo
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
Barbados
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Caribe ingles
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article