A declaration of intent in the kittiwake gull (Rissa tridactyla)

Daniels, Denver; Heath, J.; Rawson, Wendy

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(84)80231-6

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“…This strategy is risky only if the mate's degree of attachment is misjudged. In the kittiwake Rissu tviductylu calls and postures have evolved that serve to control or extinguish a partner's flight intentions (DANIELS et al 1984). Such specialised counter measures have probably developed to deal specifically with the fact that kittiwakes do not maintain continuous proximity to mates, and thus may not be as aware of a mate's fidelity, as well as with the dynamics of cliff-nesting.…”

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Preflight Signalling in Swans: A Mechanism for Group Cohesion and Flock Formation

Black

1988

Ethology

103

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The preflight behaviour of whooper swans Cygnus cygnus and Bewick's swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii was examined to determine the adaptive significance of the ritual. Analysis of the preflight sequence revealed that the rate of signalling became significantly faster as the time of takeoff approached. This provides the first quantitative evidence that a threshold of excitability is responsible for triggering synchronised flight in social units. Two ultimate and two proximate factors that affect this threshold were uncovered. They are: 1) Maintaining proximity to partners—flight was delayed by birds with non‐attentive mates and signalling lasted on average four times longer than those whose mates showed more interest. 2) Maintaining flock cohesiveness—birds which performed signals for longer periods while swimming among uninterested birds were successful in attracting followers 61% of the time. 3) The bird's feeding performance related to dominance status—less successful feeders (potentially hungry birds), flew after little time and few signals. 4) The type of feeding opportunity at the eventual destination—birds which flew to provided feeds (nutritious barley) spent less time performing preflight signals than when they flew to forage on grass fields.

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Preflight Signalling in Swans: A Mechanism for Group Cohesion and Flock Formation

Black

1988

Ethology

103

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“…The influence of female action on male behaviour has also been noted in mallards Anus pluryrhynchos (WtlDSlANN & DARLEY 1971). Similarly, kittiwake Rissu tridactylu (DANIELS et al 1984) and whooper swan Cygnus cygnus (BLACK 1988) partners respond to each others' pre-flight intention signals (or lack of them) thus synchronizing or inhibiting departure.…”

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Do Females Turn Males on and off in Barnacle Goose Social Display?

Hausberger¹,

Black²

1990

Ethology

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“…9. Sequential analysis An example from the kittiwake literature (Daniels, Heath, & Rawson, 1984) is used to show how The Observer sequential analysis works. An explanatory shell explains the functioning of the GSEQ program (Bakeman & Quera, 1995).…”

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Observe: A multimedia course on the observational analysis of behavior

Dickins

Aurelia

Магнуссон

et al. 2000

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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OBSERVE is a preliminary release of a multimedia course for teaching undergraduate and graduate students how and why to study behavior by direct observation. The instructional text and commentary and the self-test and examination materials are built around a series of exercises in which the student observes and categorizes film clips of the behavior of several different species in several different ways. Incorporation of elements from The Observer software for computer recording and video analysis implements fully computerized continuous recording. At present, the text, together with check sheets that the program generates, enables a comparison between one-zero, instantaneous, and continuous sampling of the same behavioral excerpts. Matrices are printed out for an exercise in calculating interobserver reliability. Another section supports carrying out and writing up a small observational project on human behavior in the field. Plans for the future development of OBSERVE are briefly described.

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A declaration of intent in the kittiwake gull (Rissa tridactyla)

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Preflight Signalling in Swans: A Mechanism for Group Cohesion and Flock Formation

Preflight Signalling in Swans: A Mechanism for Group Cohesion and Flock Formation

Do Females Turn Males on and off in Barnacle Goose Social Display?

Observe: A multimedia course on the observational analysis of behavior

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