Social Contextual Influences on Behaviour

Freeberg, Todd M.; Coppinger, Brittany A.

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“…Work is needed in a wider range of taxa to understand the interactions among individuals within these groups, and how the relationships that may consequently develop, can structure the organization of social groups ( Hinde, 1976 ; Atton et al, 2014 ; Bergman & Beehner, 2015 ). These interactions and relationships include affiliative behavior as well as competition and dominance-related interactions ( Lee et al, 2016 ; Coppinger et al, 2023 ), and may be the key to understanding how social contexts shape decision-making and behavior in social species ( Freeberg & Coppinger, 2023 ).…”

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Conspecific and heterospecific cueing in shelter choices of Blaptica dubia cockroaches

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Risner,

Lang

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Background Like many cockroaches, Argentinian wood roaches, Blaptica dubia, prefer darker shelters over lighter shelters. In three experiments, we asked whether chemical cues from other roaches might influence shelter choice, a process known as conspecific or heterospecific cueing, depending on whether the cues come from an individual of the same or a different species, respectively. Methods Each experiment involved trials with focal B. dubia cockroaches in testing arenas containing plastic shelters of varying levels of darkness, with filter paper under each shelter acting as a carrier for chemical cues. In Experiment 1, we tested female and male B. dubia cockroaches with two shelters matched for darkness but differing in cues (conspecific vs. none). The shelter with no cue contained a blank filter paper as a control. In Experiment 2 (conspecific cueing) and Experiment 3 (heterospecific cueing), we tested B. dubia cockroach choices for lighter or darker shelters with filter papers containing chemical cues of other roaches or no chemical cues. For the conspecific cueing study of Experiment 2, we used chemical cues from other B. dubia cockroaches. In contrast, for the heterospecific cueing study of Experiment 3, we used chemical cues from a different species, the death’s head cockroach, Blaberus craniifer. Results In Experiment 1, B. dubia cockroaches overwhelmingly preferred shelters with conspecific chemical cues over darkness-matched shelters without cues. In Experiments 2 and 3, they strongly preferred darker shelters, especially when chemical cues were present. Additionally, they were more likely to be under the lighter shelter when chemical cues were present there. These results reveal that the public information B. dubia cockroaches gain from chemical cues—including those from other species—can drive shelter choices in this species.

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Conspecific and heterospecific cueing in shelter choices of Blaptica dubia cockroaches

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Risner,

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“…Depending upon the context, individuals of one species may often be able to exploit the information or resources obtained by individuals of another species and so may actively seek out social networks or situations involving those other species [10,14,19]. The presence of individuals of other species engaging in certain behaviour such as foraging can lead to individuals producing similar behaviour through mechanisms like local enhancement, stimulus enhancement or coaction [14,20].…”

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Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

Freeberg

Coppinger

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2023

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Individuals of a wide range of species are sensitive to the presence of other species, and can often benefit from associations with other species in mixed-species groups (MSGs) through food-finding or avoiding predation. In an earlier field study, we found that both Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis, and tufted titmice, Baeolphus bicolor , were better able to solve a novel feeder task when their MSGs were more diverse in terms of species composition. Like most studies of MSGs, however, that earlier study did not experimentally manipulate MSG size and composition. We did that manipulation here, providing experimental flocks of chickadees and titmice with three novel feeder tasks in semi-natural aviary environments. We found that successful titmouse flocks generally had a higher proportion of titmice in them, going against the findings of our earlier field study. Conversely, successful chickadee flocks solved one of the novel feeder tasks more quickly with a higher proportion of titmice in them, corroborating the findings of our earlier field study. We now need to assess socio-ecological influences on MSG size and composition, and how those relate to individual behaviour. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes’.

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Social Contextual Influences on Behaviour

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Conspecific and heterospecific cueing in shelter choices of Blaptica dubia cockroaches

Conspecific and heterospecific cueing in shelter choices of Blaptica dubia cockroaches

Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

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