Physical cognition: birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material
| العنوان: | Physical cognition: birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material |
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| المؤلفون: | Marion Bertin, Kate Morgan, Ida Elizabeth Bailey, Susan D. Healy, Simone Meddle |
| المساهمون: | BBSRC, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity |
| المصدر: | Bailey, I E, Morgan, K V, Bertin, M, Meddle, S L & Healy, S D 2014, ' Physical cognition: birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material ', Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 281, no. 1784, pp. 20133225 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3225Test Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
| بيانات النشر: | The Royal Society, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, cognition, construction, 0106 biological sciences, bird, Bird cognition, Biology, Choice Behavior, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Nesting Behavior, Songbirds, Nest, Animals, Learning, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology, Research Articles, R2C, Construction, General Environmental Science, structural properties, QL, Communication, learning, Structural properties, General Immunology and Microbiology, business.industry, Reproduction, 05 social sciences, String (computer science), Cognition, General Medicine, QL Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Preference, Finches, BDC, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, business, nest building, Taeniopygia, Nest building |
| الوصف: | This work was supported by the BBSRC (BB/I019502/1) and Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC. The APC was paid through RCUK OA block grant funds. It is generally assumed that birds’ choice of structurally suitable materials for nest building is genetically predetermined. Here, we tested that assumption by investigating whether experience affected male zebra finches’ (Taeniopygia guttata) choice of nest material. After a short period of building with relatively flexible string, birds preferred to build with stiffer string while those that had experienced a stiffer string were indifferent to string type. After building a complete nest with either string type, however, all birds increased their preference for stiff string. The stiffer string appeared to be the more effective building material as birds required fewer pieces of stiffer than flexible string to build a roofed nest. For birds that raised chicks successfully, there was no association between the material they used to build their nest and the type they subsequently preferred. Birds’ material preference reflected neither the preference of their father nor of their siblings but juvenile experience of either string type increased their preference for stiffer string. Our results represent two important advances: (i) birds choose nest material based on the structural properties of the material; (ii) nest material preference is not entirely genetically predetermined as both the type and amount of experience influences birds’ choices. Publisher PDF |
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| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....51ab49995643f23a6d554c7b635d307b |
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