Flock structure of the red avadavat with particular reference to clumping and allopreening

Sparks, John

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(64)90113-7

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“…This behaviour has been described as a replacement for aggressive behaviour when animals are forced to remain in close proximity (Harrison, 1965). Nevertheless, other authors envision social preening as a functional behaviour that helps birds to reduce aggression during social bond formation (Sparks, 1964). In fact, the higher frequency of social preening given and received found in early rearing periods (P1 and P2 compared to P3) would agree with the idea proposed initially by Zajonc et al (1975) and experimentally tested by Riedstra and Groothuis (2002).…”

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The relevance of variations in group size and phenotypic appearance on the behaviour and movement patterns of young domestic fowl

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Campderrich

Heredia

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Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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The relevance of variations in group size and phenotypic appearance on the behaviour and movement patterns of young domestic fowl

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Campderrich

Heredia

et al. 2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…Goodwin 1956;Killiam 1956), and allopreening appears to reduce ectoparasite burden in some species (de Brooke 1985;Kober and Gaston 2003;Radford and Du Plessis 2006). Birds also frequently direct allopreening to head and neck regions which are difficult to access via self-preening (Sparks 1964;Harrison 1965;Forsman and Wight 1979;Radford and Du Plessis 2006). However, the cursory nature of allopreening, often no more than the rapid movement of bill through feathers rather than thorough inspection as occurs during self-preening, suggests that a purely hygienic function is unlikely (e.g.…”

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“…Allopreening has a biased distribution among bird species, occurring more commonly in species that live in colonies, small social groups or long-term partnerships (Sparks 1964;Harrison 1965;Kunkel 1974). Of course, these may be the very species that are most likely to harbour a greater number or diversity of ectoparasites due to their sociality.…”

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Strategic use of allopreening in family-living wrens

Gill

2012

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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A prominent interaction in the lives of social mammals is allogrooming. Individuals allogroom strategically and preferentially, grooming high-quality individuals that control access to resources. This results in distinct patterns of allogrooming within social groups, such that some individuals are groomed more than the others, some dyads express symmetry in allogrooming, and others exchange allogrooming for other benefits. Allopreening, the avian equivalent of allogrooming, occurs commonly in group-living birds, providing the opportunity to test whether social birds also use allopreening strategically in their social relationships. I examined this hypothesis in family-living buff-breasted wrens (Cantorchilus leucotis) by examining allopreening initiation, reciprocation and rate during interactions involving breeding adults and offspring. Buffbreasted wrens exhibit a nuclear family structure in which pairs display long-term partnerships, and juveniles delay dispersing from natal territories for about 10 months. Allopreening was symmetrical between breeding partners: males and females who initiated and reciprocated allopreening of partners with similar frequency, and within reciprocated bouts, allopreening was time-matched. Pairs in which allopreening was not observed were more likely to divorce, but allopreening patterns did not change in successive years of partnerships. Parentoffspring allopreening, by contrast, was asymmetrical in pattern; parents initiated allopreening more than their offspring, and reciprocation never occurred. The different patterns of allopreening observed within buff-breasted wren families suggest the strategic use of allopreening, possibly for the maintenance of long-term partnerships and in exchange for social benefits from offspring.

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“…In Van Rhijn's (1981) study, for example, information about the seasonal occurrence of postural classes provided one of the variables used in cluster analysis. Clumping and allopreening behavior of the Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) are influenced by nonbehavioral factors including individual preference, gender, reproductive state, and plumage (eclipse or nuptial) (Sparks, 1964). Wiley (1975) validated the communicative significance of structural modes in the Song-spread of male Carib Grackles (Quiscolus lugubris) by considering context: beak and wing elevation varied independently of one another according to whether a display's recipient was a male or a female and whether the display was "spontaneous" (no obvious recipient within 1 m).…”

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Current Ornithology

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A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.All rights reserved 84-640616 AACR 2 MARC-S No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher ISBN 978-1-4615-6789-9 ISBN 978-1-4615-6787-5 (eBook) PREFACEVolume 5 of this series continues its coverage of currently active research fields in ornithology. Because an editor can never be a disinterested observer of his or her own editorial efforts, any claim for superiority of this volume is not without conflict of interest. Even so, Volume 5 has certain merits that even a parent should acknowledge, and I find the current chapters not merely timely and authoritative but compelling in their demand for a reader's attention. Wolfgang and Roswitha Wiltschko provide a perceptive review of magnetic orientation in birds, a piece dedicated to Fritz Merkel, the pioneer in studies of magnetic orientation. Sergei Kharitonov and Douglas Siegel-Causey are concerned with the behavioral ecology of seabird coloniality, emphasizing their field experiences in the USSR and the United States. Ted Miller examines the application of studies of bird behavior to comparative biology, pursuing the interface of behavior and evolutionary biology adumbrated by Konrad Lorenz in the 1930s.Jeremy Raynor gives us a summary of the work over the past decade on bird flight, which is not, by turns, as complex or as simple as we had formerly believed. Carrol Henderson describes recent developments in nongame bird conservation, based on his pioneering work in the State of Minnesota. Alan Kamil discusses optimal experimental design for research in ornithology, a field in which experimental work is frequently difficult to pursue.Frank Rohwer and Michael Anderson assess the behavioral ecology of waterfowl reproduction, and Cynthia Bluhm approaches much the same subject from a different angle, summarizing modern, field-based vii viii PREFACE

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Flock structure of the red avadavat with particular reference to clumping and allopreening

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The relevance of variations in group size and phenotypic appearance on the behaviour and movement patterns of young domestic fowl

The relevance of variations in group size and phenotypic appearance on the behaviour and movement patterns of young domestic fowl

Strategic use of allopreening in family-living wrens

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